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OCC has a staff of coastal engineers that are responsible for all aspects of the company’s design and analysis projects. Services include: determination of wind and wave forces in the waterfront environment, engineering designs for beach nourishment, coastal structures for shoreline stabilization and erosion control, port and harbor facilities, and marinas. State of the art computer and mathematical numerical modeling enables us to model offshore and coastal wave environments, sediment transport, and shoreline changes.

Shore protection structure analysis and design
Numerical modeling of wave transformation in coastal zone and in port and harbors
Wave forecasting/hindcasting
Wave force evaluation on piles and walls
Beach nourishment design and management
Sediment transport
Breakwater and revetment design
Coastal flooding - FEMA map revision
Wave and current data collection
In-situ wave and current modeling

Selected Accomplishments:

Powerful in-house wave modeling/monitoring capabilities.
Extensive knowledge of the difficult coastal regulatory environment.
OCC has obtained 10 FEMA Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) approvals over the past 3 years.

Other Service Sectors
Waterfront Structural Planning and Design
Underwater Investigation
Dredging/Civil Engineering
Construction Administration
Regulatory Services
IT-Waterfront Management
   
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