A recent 2017 nourishment project with the Town of Edisto wins a 2018 Achievement Award from the Municipal Association of South Carolina. CSE is honored to have served as project engineer to help the town restore approximately 835,000 cubic yards of sand…
A recent CSE renourishment project is credited for an unprecedented leatherback turtle nest discovery. “We’ve never had a nesting leatherback at Isle of Palms or Sullivan’s,” exclaimed Barbara Bergwerf, former city councilmember and 19-year long turtle team member. “Needless to…
Cooler sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic appear to be the cause for a mild hurricane season. According to Chris Dolce with The Weather Channel, cooler waters can deter the development of tropical storms and hurricanes. Click Here to Learn…
Hurricane MATTHEW is on track to create a major wave event along the South Carolina coast. And that will be bad news for the oceanfront. The storm surge will be much lower than HUGO’s in 1989 because MATTHEW will track…
Click here to read CSE president Tim Kana’s editorial in The State newspaper about the benefits of beach nourishment projects along the South Carolina coast.
ASBPA presented a Best Restored Beach Award to Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission at its annual Summit Conference in Washington (DC) in February 2016. The award recognized the Folly Beach County Park project which restored Charleston’s most popular public…
CSE’s 5.6-mile project at Bridgehampton–Sagaponack (NY) is performing well two years after completion in February 2014. The project was constructed one year after Hurricane Sandy impacted the Middle Atlantic region. CSE and project leader, First Coastal Corporation (Westhampton Beach NY),…
Kiawah spit, at the downcoast end of Kiawah Island (SC), is notoriously unstable and has breached many times over the past 500 years. An ample supply of sand from upcoast causes spit growth and accounts for westerly migration of adjacent…
Dr Tim Kana, CSE’s founder and president, received the Morrough P O’Brien Award from the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) at the 2015 National Conference in New Orleans (LA). This is ASBPA’s highest award and recognizes leaders in…
Click here to read an article from The Outer Banks Voice on how the Nags Head Beach Nourishment Project is holding up after three years.
