Cika wannan jumla: A watan Yuni 2008 an fara gina wani yanki mai karfi da dan kadan wanda za'a iya amfani dashi don inganta "Alvin" (don amfani daga 2011), kafin a yi amfani da shi a cikin sabon motar. An tsara sabon ƙwallon, sannan an ƙirƙira shi, daga ingots na titanium mai ƙarfi, a cikin rabi biyu daidai, a Ladish Forge, Cudahy, Wisconsin, sannan kuma an yi amfani da tan 15.5 na titanium da haɗuwa, ta amfani da tashoshin kallo guda biyar (maimakon uku na yanzu) kuma an tsara shi don zurfin sama da, inda aka gina iyakar zurfin "Alvin". Wannan, tare da ingantaccen tsarin tallafi, kayan aiki da kayan aiki, zai ba da damar "Alvin" ya kai kashi 98% na tekun. Bayan wani nutsewa na karshe don tantance lalacewar da aka yi wa tekun Tekun Mexico bayan da
Bala'in "Deepwater Horizon", "Alvin" an sake gyara shi daga Janairu 2011, tare da dawowar da ake tsammani zuwa teku a shekarar 2012 da kuma cikakken zurfin zurfin da aka samu a shekarar 2014.