Coastal management

Our work in coastal planning involves managing land use and development in coastal areas to balance environmental and cultural conservation, economic activities, and community needs. It considers both short- and longer-term planning, including consideration of erosion and inundation associated with rising sea levels. Strategies include zoning, sustainable infrastructure, and disaster risk reduction, ensuring resilience and sustainable development while protecting fragile coastal ecosystems and resources.

We take a nature-based, systems-thinking approach to coastal engineering, focusing on solutions that work with natural processes rather than against them. Our team has extensive experience delivering projects from concept design through to detailed design of coastal protection measures such as dune stabilisation systems, beach nourishment, revetments and seawalls. We apply advanced numerical modelling to assess both short-term and long-term coastal impacts and shoreline change, allowing us to develop robust designs that work with the dynamic coastal conditions. By combining deep scientific knowledge with practical engineering expertise, we offer clients tailored, cost-effective, and nature-based focused solutions to complex coastal erosion and inundation challenges.

The coastline is a highly dynamic setting, and we provide clear, specialist advice to inform management within this challenging environment. We undertake assessments of coastal processes, including sediment dynamics, trajectory of landscape change, and implications for management and mitigation options.