Coastal Engineering
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort GRAEF provided engineering services for the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, which was constructed along both sides of North Ocean Boulevard (State Road A1A) between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the Hollywood Beachwalk. The project included a 200-room full-service hotel with extensive resort activities that included a massive…
Read MoreCity of Madison Lake Monona Waterfront
City of Madison Lake Monona Waterfront Lake Monona is an integral segment of downtown Madison, Wisconsin. The City of Madison launched the Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge in early 2022 to reimagine the underutilized waterfront site with hopes of creating a visionary, inclusive, and environmentally focused master plan for 1.7 miles of shoreline and 17…
Read MoreEmerald Beach
Emerald Beach Coastal Design and Engineering (CDE), a GRAEF company, provided coastal engineering services to restore the highly eroded shoreline at Emerald Beach and a new inlet channel constructed to provide boat access for sport and commercial fishing. CDE acquired all Turks & Caicos Islands regulatory permits in 2004, prepared contract documents and drawings, and…
Read MoreAmbergris Cay
Ambergris Cay Erickson Consulting Engineers (ECE), a GRAEF company, designed a phased approach for the development of the Ambergris Marina. Phase 1 was designed to restore the navigability of the entrance channel and “beautify” the marina by excavating the salt flats to provide circulation as well as provide a tidal connection between the marina basin…
Read MoreEast Grace Bay
East Grace Bay Coastal Design and Engineering, a GRAEF company, completed the final beach restoration plans and design for a one‐mile beach nourishment project and four T-head groins. The design was based on an alternative analysis and evaluation of sediment quality and quantities that maximized beach quality material for placement. The final design maximizes project…
Read MoreBlue Cay
Blue Cay Coastal Design and Engineering, a GRAEF company (CDE), was selected to design, permit and manage the construction for the coastal and marine infrastructure components of a 14.5-acre waterfront development. The project included a 870 ft long and 85ft wide canal, a recreational beach stabilized by coastal structures, waterfront facilities and upland grading for…
Read MoreBajacu Lagoon
Bajacu Lagoon Coastal Design and Engineering, a GRAEF company (CDE), provided coastal and marine engineering services including planning, design, engineering and environmental services to engineer a beach and lagoon system in a cove configuration, creating a recreational beach and ocean water access for a large, luxury villa on an expansive lot located in the Turks…
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Lakefront Gateway Plaza
Lakefront Gateway Plaza The GRAEF team was recently awarded the design of the Downtown Lakefront Gateway Plaza after a national design competition in which 24 firms vied for the opportunity to design a signature public plaza at the Milwaukee lakefront. There are three central themes that underpin the GRAEF team’s design. Reconnect. Reconnection of Milwaukee’s urban…
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