Posted on August 19, 2026
At our La Crosse headquarters, construction is officially underway on the ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐, a vision years in the making and a new chapter for commercial dive training in the Midwest.
For many aspiring and experienced divers, one of the biggest barriers to training is location. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐,๐๐๐-๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐-๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ will help change that by bringing specialized, hands-on commercial dive training closer to home while opening new opportunities for union members and signatory contractors across the country.
๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐-๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ-๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ค, where the next generation of commercial divers will learn, practice, and build the skills needed to work underwater, from construction and inspection to nuclear energy and other specialized industries.
But this is about more than a building or a dive tank. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐.
Weโre incredibly proud to bring this vision to life alongside the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Borton Construction Inc., River Architects, Inc., and Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters, while investing in the next generation of skilled commercial divers.
Construction is underway, with the center ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐.
