Years of Planning for the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project: Now It’s Time to Build! Rapidly but Gently!
When a complicated project is completed, and you ask the engineers, "What was the most challenging part of this project?" a couple of difficulties usually come to mind. We’ve all heard war stories from...
Design of Shoreline Protection Measures : The Importance of Geotechnical Engineering in Waterfront Design
Over the past decade, there’s been an increased realization of the need to better protect our shorelines, particularly in urban environments along coastlines that have already been impacted by storm surge...
Site Constraints Complicate a Bulkhead Replacement: It Takes a Team to Overcome the Challenges
North American Aggregates (NAA), a leading supplier of aggregates in the New York area, recently constructed a new processing facility in Perth Amboy, NJ. One of the final components of the new facility...
Innovative Use of a Groin Structure: Saving Cost, Shortening the Schedule, and Minimizing Impacts
Almost any type of construction activity can pose a shock to the surrounding environment and habitat. Obviously, the extent of the impact will depend on the location of the project and...
Seawalls, Seacliffs, Beachrock: What Beach Effects? Part 3
Diffraction of Waves by Semi-Infinite Breakwater
Hovering Breakwater
Floating Breakwater for Reservoir Marinas
Wind-Generated Wave Diffraction by Breakwater Gap
Keynote Address: Some Notes on Beach Nourishment
Longshore Transport of Sand and Beach Nourishment
Dade County, Florida, Beach Nourishment and Hurricane Surge Protection Project
Seawalls, Seacliffs, Beachrock: What Beach Effects? Part 1
Seawalls, Seacliffs, Beachrock: What Beach Effects? Part 2
Beach Replenishment for Amtrak's Niantic River Bridge Replacement
Hurricane Protection System
This chapter discusses hurricane protection systems. Topics include standard project hurricane, levees and floodwalls, datums and elevations, and interior drainage and pump stations....
Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development
California's Efforts to Protect the Health of Beach Visitors
A History of Environmental Engineering in the United States
Environmental engineering is a relatively new name for a type of engineering that began in the United States in the 1830s. Under different names, it continued to evolve to satisfy environmental...
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