Coastal engineering

Fit-for-purpose advice for all projects in the coastal area

Deltares assists clients implementing coastal infrastructure all over the world. Deltares is a leader in this field because of our unrivalled experience, our ability to mobilise large multi-disciplinary expert teams, and our world-leading methods to deal with even the most complex coastal engineering issues. With our advanced software and laboratory facilities we are especially well equipped to help clients to optimise a design and to find solutions, identify impacts, reduce costs, and to deal with safety issues and permit applications.

Working in the coastal area

Land reclamations, islands, beach design, coastal protection, landfalls, dredging strategy and impacts: the success of any project undertaken in the coastal zone relies on in-depth understanding of the local environmental conditions, the relevant natural processes, and human activities. We provide this broad knowledge based on understanding of currents, waves and sediment behaviour, and insight in important aspects of coastal structures, construction processes and dredging, which they gained during more than 80 years of consultancy work and dedicated research projects.

Our services range from quick assessments to detailed evaluations and project support on all aspects of a client’s plan based on numerical and physical modelling studies. One of our strengths is that our advice can be provided in a multi-disciplinary approach including other project aspects such as water quality, ecology, navigation, geotechnical issues and management policy. 

The high quality and value of our advice, quick responses, and our close cooperation with clients in projects is highly appreciated and recognized around the world, resulting in our involvement in prestigious projects such as the Dubai Palm projects, Hong Kong International Airport land reclamations, the Venice Inlet Flood Barriers, and the Dutch Rotterdam Port Expansion Maasvlakte II.

List of concise descriptions of recent projects related to Coastal Engineering.

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