About Us

Christopher Juredin
South African
Owner of Commercial Dive Services
Resident of the BVI for 13 years

Chris has been diving for a living for the past decade and enjoys his lifestyle which allows him adventure and travel while still following his passion of diving.
Having carried out emergency Cruise Ship Vessel Survey sweeps after 9/11 to Salvaging Ferries and Yachts, his life is never dull. Chris has a deep passion for History and the ocean which is one of the driving forces behind his yearly sponsorship of Bristol University and the excavation of shipwrecks in the British Virgin Islands. In recent years he has undertaken large Beach Building projects, demolished ferry docks, repaired and installed pipelines for Power Stations and Desalination Companies, Sewage Lines and Bathymetric Surveys. Chris recently attended and was certified to use Chesapeake Software for sea bed mapping using sonar and magnetometer which is something that is of great interest to him. For the immediate future he is set on building his team and focusing on core jobs that will make a name in the Commercial Diving Industry for years to come.

Richard St Jean

Owner of St. Jean Engineering, LLC – is a Structural and Marine Engineer and a specialized design consultant. Ricks’ previous jobs were designing heavy lift operations for ocean transport (in the 1970’s), as a Site Structural Supervisor that oversees 80 engineers (in the 1980’s), and designing buildings and boardwalks ( in the 1990’s). Based in Rhode Island his designs includes park projects of the Veterans Memorial Park, the re-designing of the harbor to serve as a commercial marina and as a staging/ deployment center for Rhode Island Moorings’ marine construction business and Sea Tow Services. His business has grown and has reach the British Virgin Islands, where he was contracted by the British Virgin Island Ports Authority to perform a conditional survey, prepare a findings report and make recommendations for several of their facilities on the Island. Included in the work were the Cruise Ship Dock, West End Ferry Terminal, Port Purcell and Road Town Ferry Dock. Work on the projects involved underwater dive surveys (Performed by Commercial Dive Services), reviewing previous construction documents and providing structural recommendations for preparing the facilities.

Existing and anticipated future loads were considered based on the vessels expected to call on the facilities. Available construction materials and the level of the skills of the local contractors were assessed by ongoing construction projects on the island. Based on the reports prepared by St. Jean Engineering several mitigation measures were suggested using the resources available in the island to extend the service life of the facilities. More recently St. Jean Engineering has entered into a contract with the Ports Authority to design 300 feet of tender piers and design a 300 foot deep water breakwater to protect the tender pier facility. A significant portion of the design contracts undertaken by St. Jean Engineering involve the design of commercial, municipal and individual fixed piers and floating docks. Typical projects include ferry terminals, barge loading/ offloading facilities, recreational marinas, and small docks for homeowners. Projects over the past few years have included the design of expanded facilities for 5 recreational marinas, a fast ferry terminal, 3 barge loading facilities for marine contractors and numerous docks for home owners and commercial developers. They are presently contracted to design a 1,500 slip marina with a 4,500 ft. wave fence, the largest in the northeast and 150 slip marina with a floating wave attenuator. Both projects are to be developed on barren shoreline and include the design of seawalls, revetments, moorings, fixed piers and floating docks, boardwalks, and the infrastructure necessary to support the facilities. And lastly in the past several years St. Jean Engineering was committed to dredging projects ranging from 2,000 to 225,000 cubic yards.

Adam Buyskes
South African
Commercial Diver

Adam joined Commercial Dive Services in 2009 having worked extensively in the Commercial Diving Industry for several years, he worked for many years for Aquatic Solutions of Saint Martin and alongside the Miami Divers team assisting on ship husbandry and since then on several large projects such as: Pipeline repairs, Cable Laying Installations, Large and Small Salvage of vessels and cargo ships.

He brings to the team knowledge of large propeller removal, video survey, welding and salvage diving.

Adam is responsible for ship hull surveys and related works, for chase calls and emergency call outs and can travel anywhere in the Caribbean. He is familiar with most Ports and Harbours and can save time mobilizing on scene with this experience.

Alvin Fernadez
Philippines

Alvin joined Chris`s team in 2008 and has steadily grown with the business. He now oversees the maintenance of over 400 sailing yachts that are cleaned on a daily basis, he is responsible for standards and safety and making sure the divers under him perform to acceptable standards.

Alvin`s future is bright as he never says no and is always willing to learn. Before joining Chris and the team he represented his country in Tae Kwon Do and won many medals for dedication to the sport.

With this discipline he has earned respect from fellow divers and customers. Alvin worked on the pipeline for the Power Station alongside Wayne and Chris in 2008 and 2009, he has played a key role in replacing large ship mooring components and worked as a support diver on Cruise Ship Vessel Surveys, he has incredible strength driving hydraulic scrubbers and can be seen in action under numerous local cargo vessels and small liners.

Wayne Palmer
Canadian
Commercial Diver

Wayne has been diving with Chris since 2005 and in recent years carried out large contracts for Commercial Dive Services in the Caribbean, some of the contracts have entailed vast amounts of underwater cutting and welding, demolition and survey work.

In 2007 Wayne worked on several small salvage diving contracts and in 2008 ran the operation to remove an entire fuel dock that was knocked over in a hurricane. He set about using chainsaws and jackhammers while the barge and crane support struggled to lift the concrete pile caps that were cut up to assist in removal. He later removed the remaining sheet pile at the mud line and oversaw the daily running of the dive team and barge operations. In 2008 Wayne worked on the repairs of the local power station cooling and discharge pipelines repairing and patching, diving in boiling hot water and assisting to cofferdam and repair by “dry patch” dozens of holes. In 2008 and early 2009 he assisted Chris in the removal of a ferry dock by using Broco and a steady hand. When it comes to a steady hand and incredible low usage of cutting rods, Wayne is key. In 2009 Wayne returned to School to increase his Commercial Diving Qualifications and before the next season was diving alongside the team floating a 160 foot Barge, to date he has carried out large surveys, assisted in beach re-nourishment and works on any new challenge with confidence delivering only positive results.