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| “Living Shoreline” Bank Stabilization |
| Localized erosion was threatening a roadway on Eglin Air Force
Base. FL. The client’s RFP was for a sheet pile or rock retaining
wall, but Emerald Ocean Engineering’s bid for a novel marine
mattress revetment came in at half the cost of these traditional
approaches. Recycled HDPE tensile mattresses filled with recycled
concrete rubble were placed on a graded slope, backfilled with soil,
and planted with native vegetation. The structure provides
hurricane-level protection to the road, the vegetation created new
habitat, and a dangerous and unsightly bluff is now an aesthetic
slope. Emerald Ocean Engineering provided design, permitting, and
construction management. Client: Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, FL/Northwind, Inc. Reports: Proprietary |
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Severely eroding shoreline threatens stability of a roadway on Eglin Air Force Base, FL
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Placement of marine mattress section on the prepared bank
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Completed project at extreme low tide, prior to placement of sod and indigenous emergent vegetation
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