U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Beach Restoration Projects
Coastal Engineering Support Services
Through employments as consulting coastal engineer and dredging contractor, Lally has assisted numerous federal, municipal and private beach restoration, nourishment, shoreline reclamation and hurricane protection projects, primarily along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines. The projects typically involve mining of compatible sand from offshore or ebb shoal borrow areas by hydraulic cutterhead, dustpan, or trailing suction hopper dredges, with placement on shorelines in a controlled and productive manner to construct specified beach fill templates and alignments.
Lally has been involved with beach and wetland restoration projects since the late 1980’s and was one of the first coastal engineers to develop approaches for restoring coastal Louisiana’s rapidly eroding barrier islands. Project examples include;
- Plaquemines Barrier Island Restoration Projects, Louisiana
- Ship Shoal Feasibility Analyses for Barrier Island Restoration, Louisiana
- Coney Island Shoreline Protection Project, New York
- Fire Island Inlet Maintenance Dredging – Gilgo Beach Restoration Project, New York
- Bahamian Aragonite Feasibility Analyses for South Florida Beach Restoration Projects
- Carolina Beach Nourishment Project, North Carolina
- Palm Beach County – Jupiter / Carlin Park Shore Protection Project, Florida
- Kings Bay Entrance Channel and Fernandina Beach Nourishment Project, Florida
- Columbia River Benson Beach Nearshore Placement, Washington
- Multiple Private Estate Beach Restoration and Habitat Enhancement Projects
Beach Restoration project work completed by Lally has included topographic, surf zone, and offshore bathymetric surveys; dredge production and cost estimating; establishing dredge cut depths and sequencing in borrow areas; determining workability windows based on MetOcean data analyses; calculating dredge and pay quantities; dredge engineering and optimization; beach restoration and nourishment project design; borrow source identification and sampling; plans and specifications development; federal, state and local permitting; project management and construction oversight.
Expertise
Field Investigations
Topographic, Surf Zone, and Offshore Hydrographic Surveys
MetOcean Data Acquisition and Analyses
Shoreline Morphology Analyses
1D, 2D and 3D Numerical Wave and Sediment Transport Modeling
Borrow Area Identification, Geotechnical Sampling and Testing
Beach Restoration and Nourishment Fill Template Design
Contract Plans and Specifications Development
Procurement Support
Work Plan Development
Dredge Cut Sequencing
Dredge Workability Window Analyses
Environmental Monitoring
Calculate Dredge and Pay Quantities
Dredge Production and Cost Estimates
Project Management and Construction Oversight
Hydraulic and Mechanical Dredge Systems Engineering and Optimization
Location
U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
Period
1989 – Present