National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology
February 9 - 11, 2011
Hyatt Regency Riverfront
Jacksonville, Florida

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

 

1:00 p.m.

Welcome

 

1:10 p.m.

Beach Renourishment in Duval County

Steve Howard, P.E. and Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E., Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL and Tom Martin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL

 

1:40 p.m.

Sea Level Acceleration Characteristics in the 20th Century: U.S. Gages

Robert Dean, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Jim Houston, Ph.D., U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

 

2:05 p.m.

The Expiration of Project Life For Congressionally Authorized Shore Protection Projects

Erik Olsen, P.E., Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

 

2:30 p.m.

Shore Protection Needs vs. Environmental Protection: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Denial of the Winthrop Beach Nourishment Program

John Ramsey, P.E., Applied Coastal Research and Engineering, Inc., Mashpee, MA, Joseph Orfant, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Boston, MA, and John Burckardt, P.E., Parsons Brinckerhoff, Boston, MA

 

2:55 p.m.

Professional Exchange Break, Exhibit Hall

 

3:25 p.m.

South Naples Erosion Control Project

Brett Moore, P.E. and Marc Damon, P.E., Humiston & Moore Engineers, Naples, FL

 

3:50 p.m.

Initial Beach Response of an Open Coast Erosional Hotspot to Permeable Adjustable Groins

Douglas Mann, P.E., Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

 

4:15 p.m.

Holiday Isle Emergency Beach Fill Project – Destin, FL

Matthew Trammell, P.E. and Michael Trudnak, P.E., Taylor Engineering, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

 

4:40 p.m.

A Brief History of Headland Breakwaters for Shore Protection in Chesapeake Bay, USA

C. Scott Hardaway, Jr., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA and James Gunn, Coastal Design and Construction, Inc., Gloucester, VA

 

5:05 p.m.             Adjourn                                                                                                                         

6:30 p.m.             Welcome Reception

 

 

Thursday, February 10, 2011   

8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

COASTAL STRUCTURES 101

Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E., Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

This PDF version of the Structures 101 paper does not reflect the animation and narrative of the live presentation, and invites the ‘reader’ to partake of the presentation at a future FSBPA conference.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:50 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.

SESSION A

8:50 a.m.  

Wave Effects Near Bathymetric Depressions

Luce Bassetti, Ph.D., Halcrow, Inc., Tampa, FL and Sean O’Neil, Ph.D., Halcrow, Inc., New York, NY

 

9:15 a.m.

Sand Bar Characteristic Responses to Different Wave Energy Conditions             

Luciano Absalonsen and Robert Dean, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 

9:40 a.m.

Nearshore Sandbar Evolution in Palm Beach County, Florida             

Mohamed Dabees, Ph.D., P.E., Brett Moore, P.E., and Ken Humiston, P.E., Humiston & Moore Engineers, Naples, FL

 

10:05 a.m.           
Professional Exchange Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION B

 

8:50 a.m.

National Shoreline Erosion Control Development and Demonstration Program (Section 227) 63rd St. “Hotspot” Miami Beach Demonstration Project

Donald Ward and John McCormick, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

 

9:15 a.m.

Design of Artificial Beaches and Improvement of Rocky Shore Natural Beaches               

Juan Font and Alberto Silva, Ph.D.,Ingeniería de Consulta Incostas S. A., Caracas, Venezuela

 

9:40 a.m.

Design, Construction, and Performance of the Boscombe Multi-Purpose Reef

Shaw Mead, Ph.D., Jose Borrero, Ph.D., and John Hearin, ASR Limited, Marine Consulting and Research, Cocoa Beach, FL

 

10:05 a.m.
Professional Exchange Break, Exhibit Hall

 


Thursday, February 10, 2011

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:35 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

SESSION C

 

10:35 a.m.

2010 Wave Climate of Brevard County, FL: Spatial and Temporal Variability from Post Nourishment Monitoring, Including the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Charles Cimaglia and Charles Hutcherson, TNC Oceanographic, Melbourne, FL

 

11:00 a.m.

Swamped – Passing Vessel Impacts for Shoreline Protection

Ronald McPherson, HDR Engineering, Inc., Corpus Christi, TX and Wesley Dortch, P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

 

11:25 a.m.

Brevard County, Florida, Mid-Reach Segment, Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project: A Planning Perspective

Candida Bronson, P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL

 

11:50 a.m.

Considerations for Beach Design: Incorporating Large Storms into Renourishment Projects

Nicole Sharp and Stephen Keehn, P.E.,Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

 

12:15 p.m. 
Luncheon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION D

10:35 a.m.

Assessment of Turbidity Mixing Zone Requirements: A Case Study of the 2010 North Boca Raton Renourishment

Peter Seidle, P.E., Applied Technology and Management, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL and Jennifer Bistyga, City of Boca Raton, FL

 

11:00 a.m.

The Use of Sidescan Sonar and Acoustic Classification for Benthic Habitat Mapping; an Alternative Methodology for Environmental Monitoring

Beau Suthard, P.G. and Christopher Dougherty, Coastal Planning & Engineering, St. Petersburg, FL and Jeffrey Andrews, PSM CH, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Boca Raton, FL

 

11:25 a.m.

Indian River County Sector 3 Restoration Phase 1: Comparison of the Predicted and Post-Construction Equilibrated Toe of Fill and an Assessment of the Upland Sand Fill

Walker Dawson, Coastal Technology Corp., Melbourne, FL and Tem Fontaine, Coastal Technology Corp., Vero Beach, FL

 

11:50 a.m.

Indian River County Sector 7 – Update and Assessment after 3-Years of Post-Physical and Biological Construction Monitoring

Michael Jenkins, Ph.D., P.E., Applied Technology and Management, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL and James Gray, Jr., Indian River County, Vero Beach, FL

 

12:15 p.m.       

Luncheon

 

Thursday, February 10, 2011

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1:30 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.

SESSION E


1:30 p.m.

Nearshore Field Study at Grays Harbor, WA

Irene Watts and Alejandro Sanchez, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, and Ken Connell and Philip Osborne, Golder Associates, Inc., Redmond, WA

 

1:55 p.m.

Sediment Transport Modeling and Application for Ocean Beach and San Francisco Bight, CA

Honghai Li and Lihwa Lin, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Frank Wu, Lisa Andes, and James Zoulas, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, CA

 

2:20 p.m.

Nearshore Dredged Material Placement Pilot Study at Noyo Harbor, CA

Lihwa Lin, Honghai Li, and Mitchell Brown, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and Frank Wu and Lisa Andes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, CA

 

2:45 p.m.

Evaluation of Placement Alternatives for Matagorda Ship Channel Bottleneck Removal

James Rosati III, and Ashley Frey, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

 

3:10 p.m.

Professional Exchange Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION F


1:30 p.m.

Inlet Navigation Channel Shoaling

Julie Dean Rosati, Ph.D., P.E., Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Mobile, AL and Nicholas Kraus, Ph.D., Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

 

1:55 p.m.

Inlet Management Strategies for East Pass, Destin, FL: Past, Present, and Future

Thomas Pierro, P.E., Christopher Day, P.E., and Norman Beumel, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

 

2:20 p.m.

Two Inlets and an Island

James Marino, P.E., Coastal Technology Corp., Debary, FL, Cliff Truit, Ph.D., P.E., Coastal Technology Corp., Sarasota, FL, and Laird Wreford and Spencer Anderson, P.E., Sarasota County, FL

 

2:45 p.m.

Sebastian Inlet District Dredged Material Management Area and Tide Pool Restoration Projects

Bryan Flynn, P.E. and Jeffrey Tabar, P.E., PBS&J, Tampa, FL, Sadie Marie Yarbrough, P.E., PBS&J, Melbourne, FL, and Martin Smithson, Sebastian Inlet District, FL

 

3:10 p.m.             
Professional Exchange Break

 

 

 

Thursday, February 10, 2011

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

3:40 p.m. to 5:20 p.m.

SESSION G

 

3:40 p.m.

Challenges in Calibrating and Verifying a MIKE21 Model for Evaluation of Shoreline Stabilization Alternatives

Kristen Odroniec and Michael Kabiling, Ph.D., P.E., Taylor Engineering, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

 

4:05 p.m.

Scientific Approach to Design, Modeling and Implementation of Protection Measures in the Fast Currents of Inlets

Samantha Danchuk, Ph.D., Thomas Campbell, P.E., and Christopher Day, P.E., Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

 

4:30 p.m.

Development and Application of Mid- and High-Rise Building Damage Functions in Beach-fx   

Michael Krecic, P.E. and Jon Hall, Taylor Engineering, Inc., Jacksonville, FL and Christopher Jones, P.E., Durham, NC

 

4:55 p.m.

Modeling Sediment Transport Patterns and Pathways in Mixed-Energy Tidal Inlet Systems

Edwin Elias, Ph.D., Deltares, Delft, the Netherlands and U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Maarten van Ormondt, Deltares, Delft, the Netherlands

 

5:20 p.m. 
Adjourn                
 

SESSION H

                      

3:40 p.m.

Status Update on Three Regional Biological Opinions in South Atlantic Division              

Terri Jordan-Sellers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL

 

4:05 p.m.

Marine Turtles: Species-Specific Response to Beach Nourishment

Robbin Trindell, Ph.D., Meghan Koperski, and Kelly Roberts, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL

 

4:30 p.m.

Assessing the Effects of Beach Restoration on Sea Turtles Residing in Adjacent Nearshore Habitats – Indian River County, Florida        

Jonathan Gorham, Ph.D., Michael Bresette, and Richard Herren, Inwater Research Group, Inc., Jensen Beach, FL, Peter Seidle,P.E., Applied Technology and Management, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL, and James Gray, Jr., Indian River County, FL

 

4:55 p.m.

Reef Mitigation 'Gardens'                                

William Dally, Ph.D., P.E., Surfbreak Engineering Scienes, Inc. Orlando, FL

 

5:20 p.m.
Adjourn

 

 

Friday, February 11, 2011  

 

8:10 a.m.

Monitoring Shore Protection and Navigation Projects Using Three-Dimensional Spatial Data Along Florida’s Panhandle

Lauren Dunkin, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Kiln, MS

 

8:35 a.m.

FDEP Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines

Michael Barnett, P.E., Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL

 

9:00 a.m.

Beach Management Program Sustainability

Christopher Creed, P.E., Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL and Scott Liggett, P.E., Town of Hilton Head Island, SC

 

9:25 a.m.

Shore Protection through Alternative Energy Devices

Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E., Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

 

9:50 a.m.

Professional Exchange Break

10:45 a.m.

Coastal Processes Analysis for Vilano Beach, St. Johns County, FL

Hande Caliskan, Christopher Bender, Ph.D., P.E., and Michael Krecic, P.E., Taylor Engineering, Inc., Jacksonville, FL and Jason Engle, P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL

 

11:10 a.m.

Quantifying Temporal Variations in Local Sediment Budget for Sand Resource Management at Sebastian Inlet, FL

Gary Zarillo, Ph.D. and Florian Brehin, Department of Marine and Environmental Systems, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

 

11:35 a.m.

Regional Sediment Management – Application of a Coastal Numerical Model at the St. Johns River Entrance

Steve Bratos, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL

 

12:00 noon
Conference Adjourns