Sept 85 - Aqualift commenced operations in South-East Queensland as a commercial diving contractor specialising in marine salvage.

June 93 - Developed tank cleaning for local government using divers, then expanded rapidly into NSW.

1994 - Incorporated full video and specialist inspection services.

1995 - Commenced operations in Victoria. Other general diving work phased out and dedicated solely to potable water.... ...Presented our own technical paper at WITA, Stanthorpe on reservoir design. Many of these features are now included in new construction across Australia.

1996 - Sydney Water conducted trials and produced a marketing video to sell the Aqualift concept within their own organisation.

1997 - South Australia included in travelling itinerary. Won a three year schedule of rates contract with Sydney Water to clean and inspect their 250+ service reservoirs.

1998 - Formed a second traveling dive team to service the growing demand.

1999 - Commissioned the development of ASAM, a reservoir information and maintenance database that will standardise water industry management practices.

2000 - ASAM was used exclusively to provide client reports and the AaSIS Inspection system is created and formalised.

2001 – ASAM Live was launched on a web based server to provide inspection information directly to clients. Sydney Water award a service contract for ASAM to manage their 280+ reservoir assets.

2002 – Commenced retailing and installing Nextep FRP ladders. Developed HDPE Outlet screens and Directional nozzles to improve safety and water quality. Dive teams are trained in Industrial abseiling and Tower rescue techniques to improve safety and provide greater access for inspection procedures.

2003 – Produced our ‘Risk Management’ CD to improve client awareness of safety issues. ASAM Live incorporates a ‘Corrective Action’ register for clients to use on-line to control their maintenance schedules. Commenced a large scale asset inspection project for South Australian Water to ‘populate’ their 400+ tanks onto ASAM over a five year period.

2004 – Developed ‘ASAM Aqueducts’ for Sydney Water to expand their asset management into efficient pipeline inspections. Created a Benchmarking system of data analysis and an additional software program, ‘ASAM Overview’ to provide graphical interpretation of inspection results. Developed the ‘Titan Arm’ to compliment our FRP ladder installations into confined spaces.

2005 - An alliance has been created between DBS and Nextep – Aqualift Pacific P/L will combine our innovative services and experience with fresh management ideas and a manufacturing base - this forms part of a long-term succession plan to maintain our intellectual property and diving processes.

Our new HDPE and Stainless Steel products include – the RAMTUBE to efficiently blend inlet water and a Two Way Directional nozzle for common inlet outlet configurations.