Construction

Hibbard Inshore’s experienced engineers offer safe and cost effective ROV construction methods for unique project needs.

Inspections

Hibbard Inshore specializes in the inspection of both underwater and dry structures including internal and external inspections.

Technology

Hibbard Inshore is proud to maintain one of the world’s largest inshore ROV fleets along with one of the most complete sensor and tooling packages. This diversity allows them to stay in the forefront of the most difficult and unique inspection, survey and construction projects along with offering highly competitive solutions for standard ROV and Survey work.

Dave Malak

Vice President and Senior Project Engineer

Dave Malak has 9 years of experience in ROV systems. Mr. Malak has project experience with inshore structural inspections including hydroelectric plants, large water intake systems, large sewers, and treatment plants as well as experience with near shore recovery. Mr. Malak has completed certificated confined entry, job safety planning, and fall protection training. Previous to his time at Hibbard Inshore, Mr. Malak gained experience for 6 years as a Territory and Channel Sales Engineer for Rockwell Automation – Allen-Bradley gaining him valuable electrical background and industry experience working with power generation companies as well as water and wastewater facilities. Mr. Malak is a graduate of the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor with a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering and completed his MBA through Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.

Gina Padilla

Office Manager

Gina Padilla joined the Hibbard Inshore team in 2011. With a diverse background that includes legal administration, program management and office administration, Ms. Padilla has been an integral part of keeping the Hibbard Inshore office running smoothly. In addition to her duties at the office, Ms. Padilla has joined the Hibbard crew in the field. Prior to joining Hibbard Inshore, Ms. Padilla worked as a Business Unit Manager for Kautex Textron and operated her own business. Ms. Padilla attended Michigan State University and graduated from Oakland University with a BA.

Dale Kurkowski

Project Manager

Dale Kurkowski has 3 years of ROV inspection and construction Project Management experience to go along with 12 years of CAD drafting experience in the architectural design and structural engineering fields. Mr. Kurkowski’s Project Management experience includes managing inspection projects for long distance hydroelectric tunnels, municipal water and sewer systems, and specialty repair projects. Mr Kurkowski’s design experience involves both 2D and 3D CAD modeling involving structural concrete foundations and steel framework. Mr. Kurkowski gained the majority of this experience during his time at Ghafari Associates as the lead structural CAD designer. He has also completed certified confined entry as well as fall protection training. Mr. Kurkowski is responsible for creating project related and job site components required to handle a variety of projects.

Erik van der Meulen

ROV Pilot/Technician

Erik came to Hibbard Inshore with a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology from Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada as well as a Diploma as a Remotely Operated Vehicle Technician from Memorial University. He is WHMIS, BST, H2S, First Aid, and CAPP certified, and is a member of the Marine Technology Society as well as the Canadian Archaeological Association. Erik has been involved extensively in ROV based marine construction projects including dredging, cutting and retrieval, and trash rack replacement as well as internal pipe and tunnel inspections for both the Water/Wastewater and Hydroelectric Power industries.

Levente Adam

Data Processing, Analysis and Visualization

Levente has over twenty years experience in CADD and 3D visualization, and is primarily involved in the data processing and modeling of collected data. Levente brings many years of hands-on geotechnical data gathering and processing experience. His application development, web technologies, database programming and interface design round out his contributions to post processing tasks.