Mar 02 2010
Sea Level Rise Adam Hosking Recognizing the potential for future sea level rise to significantly increase risks on the coast, UK government requires that up to 1 meter of sea level rise be accounted for in 100-year engineering design. (The UK sea level rise rate for the past 100 years has averaged 1 mm per [...]
Feb 17 2010
The iconic outterbanks summerhouse Serendipity made famous by the movie “Nights in Rodanthe” staring Diane Lane and Richard Gere was recently moved down the beach to a “more secure” beachfront location. Over time the eroding shoreline had left the house precariously positioned within the surfzone (click for video) which caused Dare County to declare it a public nuisance. [...]
Jan 28 2010
On wed Jan. 27, 2010 the ASCE hosted a webinar titled “Design of Buildings for Coastal Flooding.” William Coulbourne, P.P., M.ASCE, Applied Technology Council (ATC), who was one of the primary authors of the Coastal Construction Manual (FEMA 55), presented the materials to the online viewers. The presentation had a great mix of pictures, diagrams, [...]
Jan 13 2009
by Adam Hosking Ed. Note: As sustainability continues to be a key focus in the engineering world, one component we face in the coastal arena is looking at coastal management on a long-term basis, planning not just for the next hurricane or keeping a beach nourished for a few years but for 20 or 50 [...]
