Dredging
Dredging and managing dredged material are critical components in many waterfront projects. Navigation channels, harbors, and port berths typically require dredging to establish and maintain adequate depths. Over the past two decades, Taylor Engineering’s engineers have guided dredging activities through all stages, from project concept to project completion. Our dredging and dredged material management projects have included maintenance dredging for harbors and navigation channels, dredging for navigation channel and marina basin creation, and dredging for environmental restoration purposes. Our typical efforts include project feasibility evaluation, long-range dredged material management planning, project permitting, final design and construction documents, contract administration, and construction observation. Dredging engineering and permitting is one of Taylor Engineering’s strongest technical competencies. Please visit our project gallery to view a variety of our dredging projects. A few project examples include
Florida Inland Navigation District General Services
Since 1986, Taylor Engineering has worked with the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) on its long-term dredged material management plans for Florida’s 501 miles of federally maintained channels in the Atlantic Intracoastal and Okeechobee waterways. At its heart, FIND’s ongoing program focuses on siting, feasibility, planning, and engineering design and construction of containment dikes for dredged material management and storage. This program proceeds in close coordination with USACE dredging work.
Leading-edge Solutions
- Prepared long-range dredge material management plans capable of handling projected 50-year maintenance dredging requirements in 12 Florida counties
- Designed dredged material management containment dikes with native material to save on construction cost
- Designed offload plans for dredged material containment areas containing sand suitable for use on beach restoration projects
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredged Material Management Plan
As a subcontractor, Taylor Engineering developed a Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) from Norfolk, Virginia to the St. Johns River in Florida. The overall DMMP identifies dredging reaches, dredged material management strategies, and dredged material management areas within and organized by each U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District (Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville).
Leading-edge Solutions
- Established 20-year maintenance dredging and material storage requirements and a defined management strategy (e.g., upland confined containment with effluent discharge, unconfined containment, open water placement, identified beneficial uses) for each defined operational channel reach
- Identified preliminary dredged material management sites, including a conceptual configuration for each upland site and preliminary cost estimates (inclusive of land acquisition, permitting, designing, and dredging) for each operational reach
Martin County Manatee Pocket Channel Dredging
As part of a construction contractor’s team, Taylor Engineering provided dredged material management area design, environmental permit modification support, and technical team coordination for dredging, dewatering, and disposing of 280,000 cubic yards of sediments from Manatee Pocket and four tributaries. Dredging helped create a navigation channel and provided benthic habitat restoration areas.
Leading-edge Solutions
- Led the team in modifying environmental permits as necessary to proceed with a feasible and cost-effective project
- Assisted with identification, selection, and procurement of an alternate dredged material management area (DMMA) site
- Designed earthen levee DMMA and hydraulic discharge structures to accommodate rigorous technical and environmental requirements, and to reduce environmental testing requirements ($400,000 in cost savings to the client)