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Beachfill Material Guideline (Client: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, FL)
Beach restoration projects are not designed based solely on the engineering performance of the fill. Borrow sand must also meet the aesthetic expectations of the public and function in an environmentally sound manner. Coastal Tech has been retained by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to develop guidelines that can be used statewide by design professionals and Department staff to help assure that these goals are met. Our efforts will result in a procedural reference that standardizes sand
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search methodologies, borrow vs. native sand compatibility analyses, and data reporting formats.
These guidelines will recommend specifications for the content and format of geological and engineering information to be submitted to the Department and for documentation of the due diligence used by the design professional in conducting the investigation and design.
As part of the recommendations for compatibility analyses, Coastal Tech will produce guidelines for characterization of native beach sediments. This work includes the establishment of standards for the determination of a wide range of aesthetic and environmentally important native beach characteristics such as mineralogy, shape, color, grain size and size distribution descriptors.
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