Coastal Engineering
Coastal Engineering and design is a specialized field that
encompasses all types of shoreline, estuary and water related
activities for the construction industry. All marine sectors and
waterways have interaction with Coastal Engineering in the form of
coastal and offshore structures, sediment transport considerations,
dredging and shore protection. These parameters result in
environmental and hydrodynamic interfaces that mandate a
specific and broad knowledge of many areas of engineering
within this context. The field of Coastal Engineering extends into
the realm of private and public ports, harbors and marinas as well
as to agencies with naval bases and waterway jurisdictions.
JMT provides services for feasibility studies, general and
forensic evaluations and full discipline engineering to ports and
harbors as well as small craft facilities. Each project undertaken
has unique characteristics such as vessel draft, offloading and
storage requirements, launching and berthing arrangements and many
other considerations which our engineering staff coordinates during
planning at each location. JMT's Coastal engineering and
environmental staff is versed in the various permitting
requirements for waterfront structures involving local and federal
agencies including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA.
Our experience also includes work with ferry terminals, levees and
dams as well as inspection and lab testing. We undertake tasks
involving waterfront port facilities with wharves, piers, quays,
vessel berths, ship-to-shore cranes, bollard and fendering systems,
moorings and bulkheads, piling systems and seawalls with
sheetpiling and concrete. All applicable elemental forces are
considered in the structural designs performed with analytical
software tailored to the specifics of water/wave/land interactions.
At JMT we can deliver a timely and creative resolution to your
shoreline and coastal engineering needs.
Projects
JMT was selected as a team member to provide ocean, civil,
mechanical, and electrical engineering services for U.S. Coast
Guard waterfront facilities nationwide.
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JMT designed a boathouse to store and support Potomac River
emergency rescue boats.
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JMT designed a new platform structure that greatly improved the
unloading efficiency for ships at the Port of Baltimore.
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JMT's coastal engineering staff, as a part of a team, developed
a beach erosion control plan and living shoreline for approximately
800 feet of beachfront.
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JMT performed the mandated five-year structural assessment and
inspections at the United States Coast Guard Yard in New York
Harbor at the Verrazano Narrows waterway.
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JMT designed airfield pavement and bulkhead improvements for a
US Navy facility, using techniques to promote sustainable
design.
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