Areas of expertise and services
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Areas of expertise
- Dredging and dumping of sediments;
- Dredging of contaminated sites and their environmental restoration;
- Unexploded ordnance (UXO);
- Port construction and repair;
- Bridges, dykes, breakwaters and seawalls;
- land fills;
- Shore erosion and protection;
- New technologies/ renewable energy;
- Water uptakes and outflows;
- Pipe-lines, conduits and submarine cables;
- Coastal pollution;
- Hydrodynamics (tides, currents, waves);
- Modelling (ocean dumping, salt intrusion, diversion, dams);
- Characterization and protection of aquatic habitats;
- Integrated coastal zone management;
- Aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology;
- Oceanography;
- Hydrometry.
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Services offered
- Data collection and field reports;
- Studies and collection of hydrodynamic data (currents, waves and tides);
- Hydrographic and bathymetric data collection;
- Underwater research (wrecks, structures, debris);
- Study and sampling of sediments (coring, drilling, grabs);
- Granulometric/sedimentologic analyses and chemical contamination;
- Geophysical and geotechnical data collection (side-scan sonar, boomer, underwater video);
- Environmental impact analysis;
- Technical studies related to engineering works;
- Site evaluation and selection;
- Environmental audits;
- Counselling services;
- Project management and administration;
- Research and development;
- Design and analysis using geomatics;
- Design and management of data bases;
- Coastal zone planning and management;
- Research and development of new environmental technologies.
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