Beach Restoration
Taylor Engineering has designed and permitted 17 federal and non federal beach nourishment projects which collectively restored over 35 miles of beach with 25 million cubic yards of sand. Currently, it is engaged in the design and permitting of four additional non federal beach nourishment projects, which will restore, in the near future, about 20 miles of beach with 7 million cubic yards of sand.
Taylor Engineering has prepared both regional- and project-level feasibility studies and plan formulation documents for over 50 miles of beaches.
Beach restoration, the only form of erosion control that adds sand to the nearshore system, provides significant recreational, economic, and environmental benefits in addition to storm protection. Presently, federal and state agencies, local governments, and coastal engineers recommend beach restoration as an erosion control measure. Beach restoration involves the placement of sand or gravel on a beach to retain, restore, or advance the shoreline position and beach width. Sediment derived from channel maintenance dredging projects, dredged from an offshore source, or trucked from an upland source typically serves as the beach fill material. The typical product of beach restoration — a wide sandy beach with a healthy vegetated dune — provides storm protection to upland properties and infrastructure, presents recreational opportunities to beachgoers, improves aesthetics, maintains or increases tourist revenues, and improves habitat for environmental species.
Taylor Engineering handles all aspects of beach restoration, dune restoration, and erosion control projects, including
- Feasibility studies
- Sand source investigations
- Borrow area delineation
- Beach compatibility analysis
- Storm erosion and shoreline change modeling
- Wave modeling
- Hydrodynamic modeling
- Permitting and agencies’ coordination
- Construction Plans and specifications
- Construction Observation
- Construction Administration
- Monitoring - Performance evaluation
- Public workshops
- Economic benefit studies
We rely heavily on feedback from project stakeholders during the development of any coastal project. To establish effective communications between the project team and the communities the project affects, we work with local government staff to conduct public forums, our preferred venues for dispensing information to and gathering information from a project’s end users.