Beach Response to a Shoreface Nourishment (Aveiro, Portugal)
In Aveiro (NW coast of Portugal), a coastal monitoring programme was carried out in sequence of a shoreface nourishment intervention (over than 2 M m3) performed in 2020. In this…
Deep – water spectral wave steepness offshore mainland Portugal
Deep-water spectral wave steepness (sm) is used in several ocean engineering activities to characterise sea states. However, difficulties in maintaining wave buoys offshore the continental shelf results in a lack…
MARCOS – Mariculture as Resilient Coastal and Offshore Structure defence
Narrative :The MARCOS projects aims to investigate and analyse the potential of LSOA (i) as “stand-alone” in dedicated areas, (ii) integrated in future offshore zones taking into account the multi-use …
CIW Platforms – Flemish Government
Narrative :This assignment concerns the content, organisational and process support for the platforms of the Co-ordination Commission for Integrated Water Policy (CIW) of the Flemish government. Since 2004, the Coördinatiecommissie…
Gravel Pad stability – St Nazaires offshore wind farm
Narrative :The aim of this consultancy was to assist the Client in assessing the applicability of gravel pads consisting of pre-cut rock as one of the possible mitigation measures to…
Client assistance in coordination process
Narrative :The aim of this consultancy is to assist the Client in the coordination of the different tasks within the FEED study of an access channel deepening and maintenance project.…
Scour Protections for Offshore Foundations of Marine Energy Harvesting Technologies: A Review
The offshore wind is the sector of marine renewable energy with the highest commercial development at present. The margin to optimise offshore wind foundations is considerable, thus attracting both the…