COASTAL & RIVERINE

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Coastal and riverine projects are essential to recreational activities and habitat connectivity. The high utilization of these shorelines requires resilient designs. All plausible environmental factors and scenarios must be considered, and compatibility found between human use, the natural elements and the changing climate.

AMI uses state-of-the-art software coupled with an experienced professional engineering staff to develop solutions tailored for each client's need. AMI specializes in all aspects of coastal engineering and serves the private, commercial, tribal, municipal and government sectors. From AMI's experience, coastal solutions pose unique challenges. The designs typically need to be attractive, functional, constructible, cost-effective, resilient and environmentally sustainable. The design must take into account coastal processes, including the effects of frequent severe storms, varying water levels, winds, tides, seiche, currents and climate change scenarios.

Services

  • Shorelines

    • Stabilization and rehabilitation

    • Trails

    • Bioengineering

    • Vegetation and plantings

  • Coastal Structures

    • Sheet pile walls

    • Soldier pile walls

    • Concrete walls

    • Levees

    • Kayak/canoe launches

  • Beach Engineering

    • Beach nourishment

    • Dredge material management and beneficial reuse

  • Permitting and Regulatory Compliance

  • Environmental Services

    • Wetland delineations

    • Phase I and phase II site assessments

    • Special species surveys

  • Field Services

    • Vibracore Sediment Sampling

    • Bathymetric and topographic surveys

    • Underwater archaeology surveys

    • Side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, magnetometer, sector scan surveys

    • Pre- and post-dredge surveys

    • Special inspections

    • Construction administration

  • Modeling

    • Hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H)

    • Wave and harbor tranquility

    • Sediment transport and shoreline morphology

    • Flood inundation

“AMI’s knowledge about Lake Superior’s power and dynamics have helped us create resilient shoreline and harbor infrastructure.  AMI has always had our best interest throughout the projects we have worked on with them.  We are very fortunate to have AMI located in our own back yard!”

— City of Duluth, Minnesota

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