305.619.2800The staff at OHS, Inc. has years of proven experience working in the waterfront environment. Expertise spans from small single-family docks and bulkheads to full-size marinas and ship moorings. OHS can conceptualize, design, permit and supervise the construction of your waterfront project. Our waterfront engineering services also include above and below water structural inspections conducted by engineer divers.
OHS can perform hydrographic surveys to provide the basis for dredge design drawings or to identify areas of potential shoaling. A contour map or color-coded chart can be produced in AutoCAD. Hypack is used to calculate quantities and overall dredge volumes. Final products consist of a plan view and section design drawings.
OHS can mobilize a team of experienced engineers to your project site to conduct preliminary site visits and investigations in order to study the aspects and features of your project site.
The coastal engineering staff at OHS is very familiar with and has been involved in numerous beach nourishment projects along Florida’s coastline as well as other locations in the Caribbean. We have the capability to conduct beach profiles and nearshore bathymetric surveys, analyze the data, model the performance, and engineer the necessary solution for your beach nourishment project.
If you plan on building a waterfront residency, condo, or hotel, it is required to know the finished floor elevation to build in order to deem the structure safe from storm surge flooding and wave impact. At OHS, our engineers can perform the necessary calculations and present the client with the proper results to get them on their way through the permitting and building processes.
In the years following beach nourishment projects, it’s important to ensure that sea turtles will continue to be able to nest. The regulatory agencies require that sand compaction testing be performed each year prior to nesting season to determine if beach tilling is necessary. A coastal engineer equipped with a cone penetrometer performs the testing. OHS staff can help arrange the tilling operation if tilling is deemed to be necessary.
The coastal engineers at OHS have experience in today’s most accurate modeling programs used to predict wave activity and sediment transport at your project site. PhD degreed staff have the experience and capability to accurately set up and calibrate the models and interpret the results to optimally engineer a coastal construction project.
The primary source of sand fill for the beach renourishment projects is offshore sand bars that have remained untouched for centuries. OHS employs techniques ranging from underwater resource mapping to seismic sub-bottom profiling combined with jet probes and vibracores to locate, qualify, and quantify beach quality sand offshore. Project sizes range in scope from a small beach fronting hotel in the Caribbean to a large countywide beach nourishment project.