Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD – Oakbrook IL) began pumping the 8th nourishment project along Hunting Island on 4 February. GLDD’s cutterhead dredge, Alaska, was towed into place two miles offshore of the lighthouse this week and will pump…
CSE is currently managing the Pawleys Island 1.1 million cubic yard beach renourishment project spanning 2.6 miles of oceanfront. As of October 22, 2019, the Marinex Construction cutter dredge, Savannah, began pumping sand from a borrow area 2-3 miles south…
CSE is proud to report that Ruben Visser, a former intern from the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft), has joined international marine contractor, Van Oord as a Technical Trainee. The Dutch company, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands is the world-largest dredger with…
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…
Three CSE beach nourishment projects were completed in record time between April 1st and July 31st. Thanks to cooperating weather, efficient contractors, and timely decisions by state and federal regulators, visitors to Edisto Beach, Hunting Island, and Kiawah Island will…
The Nags Head (NC) beach renourishment project is now underway. CSE has been serving the Town of Nags Head by designing and directing the 4 million cubic yard beach renourishment project along its 10-mile oceanfront. As of May 1, 2019,…
CSE welcomes five coastal engineering interns from the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft), Netherlands this Fall. For two months, the master’s candidates will analyze sand circulation and sediment exchange at Isle of Palms, one of CSE’s long-time project sites.…
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…
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.
