Brevard County Sykes Creek Muck Dredging
Taylor Engineering has worked with Brevard County since 2014 to develop a restoration project that will incrementally dredge over 642,000 cubic yards of muck sediments from Sykes Creek. The Sykes Creek project area is within the Banana River Aquatic Preserve, while the project area north of Merritt Island Causeway is within a manatee refuge. Project […]
City of Panama City Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant Wetland Monitoring
In compliance with its Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) permit authorizing Panama City Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1, the City of Panama City Beach (City) completes ongoing field data collection and annual wetlands monitoring reporting for its Wastewater Reuse to Wetlands Project. Wetland monitoring data collected and analyzed under this program include surface […]
Embassy Suites, St. Augustine Beach Seawall Replacement
In 2022, storm waves from Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole caused failures of the seawall along the waterfront at Embassy Suites in St. Augustine Beach, FL. The storm damage led to significant erosion and critical damage to hotel infrastructure. Taylor Engineering completed an emergency waterfront inspection and determined the existing relic seawall was in critical […]
FDEP Norriego Point Shoreline Restoration and Recreation Enhancements
Located on Holiday Isle within East Pass, Norriego Point suffered constant erosion from the high-energy coastal environment. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) contacted Taylor Engineering to provide engineering and environmental services for shoreline stabilization, beach restoration, and recreational amenities at the Point. Services included state and federal regulatory coordination and permitting to authorize […]
FDEP Statewide Vulnerability Assessment
The Resilient Florida Program within the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) was tasked with developing a comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise (SLR) assessment (Statewide Assessment). FDEP contracted Taylor Engineering to produce a Statewide Assessment using consistent flood-risk databases across the state. Taylor Engineering, in collaboration with Fathom and Jones Edmunds, developed […]
FDEP Sea Level Impact Projection (SLIP) Study Tool Web Application
In response to rising sea-levels and an increased frequency in higher intensity storms the Governor of Florida signed into action Section 161.551, Florida Statutes. Effective July 1, 2021, the law requires all state financed major construction in the coastal building zone to conduct a sea level impact projection (SLIP) study prior to commencement. Taylor Engineering […]
FIND GIS Development and Maintenance Services
Starting in 2016, Taylor Engineering has provided Geographic Information System (GIS) services to the Florida Inland Navigation District (District). Taylor has created geodatabase template for bathymetric, dredging, and survey data. GIS software development includes a custom GIS toolbar that reads information from three non-spatial Access databases (*.accdb) used by the District. These Access databases store […]
FEMA Nation-wide Review and Processing of MT-2 Conditional Letters of Map Revision (CLOMRs) and Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) contracted Focus Revision Partners (FOCUS), a small business joint venture formed by Taylor Engineering, Inc. and Leonard Jackson Associates, to provide nationwide review and processing support for MT-2 Conditional Letters of Map Revision (CLOMRs) and Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs). A LOMR is FEMA’s official modification to an effective Flood […]
FIND Long Range Dredged Material Management Planning
Since 1987, Taylor Engineering has provided services to the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND), the local sponsor of Florida’s Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and Okeechobee Waterway, to prepare and implement long-term dredged material management plans for 502 miles of federal navigation channels. This work requires close coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville […]