Geographic Information Systems and Computer Aided Design are ubiquitous in our work at Blue Coast Engineering and play a role in every project we work on. The acquisition, management, analysis, and presentation of spatial data inform most of our studies and designs. From project database creation, topographic data processing, support of hydrodynamic model pre- and post-processing, alternatives analysis to final design drawings, each Blue Coast project benefits from our expertise in the application of these important technologies and methods in the creation of our work products.
Blue Coast staff are expert users of the most up to date industry standard software and can leverage publicly available data as well as client and project collected data to accurately represent real world conditions and serve as a baseline for our designs and analyses. In addition to traditional work products like maps and figures, Blue Coast also deploys cloud-based spatial solutions such as web maps, story maps, dashboards, data hubs, and other online applications to serve our clients with a more dynamic and interactive experience.
Blue Coast has been working since 2006 on this research program to determine shore impacts from passenger-only fast ferries operating between Seattle and Bremerton. Since 2006 there have been multiple phases of the study and work completed led to the selection of vessels to be used on the route. Some key aspects of the study included: ev
Blue Coast has been working since 2006 on this research program to determine shore impacts from passenger-only fast ferries operating between Seattle and Bremerton. Since 2006 there have been multiple phases of the study and work completed led to the selection of vessels to be used on the route. Some key aspects of the study included: evaluation of over 300 coastal structures to determine their interaction with beach morphology and vulnerability to wave forces, a field data collection program to provide multi-year measurements of biological, oceanographic, and geomorphic conditions to assess the coastal impacts of a fast ferry system, vessel wake modeling and in-situ testing, and continued monitoring of the shorelines after vessel operations commenced.
Blue Coast assisted KPFF on this project by providing coastal expertise and using existing data to evaluate potential passenger fast ferry routes using GIS throughout Puget Sound.
Blue Coast assisted KPFF on this project by providing coastal expertise and using existing data to evaluate potential passenger fast ferry routes using GIS to and from Pierce County.
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