Coastal Construction Practices

Marine Advisory Bulletin MAP-23 Florida Sea Grant College Program. INTRODUCTION: Coastal construction and development concern us all, especially in areas where development continues at a rapid pace. Between 1970 and 1980 the number of households in Florida’s coastal counties increased from 1.8 million to 3.0 million. This continuing growth of coastal areas and the concentration of people near the ocean’s edge indicates a need for up-to-date information on the problems and technology of building in the coastal zone. This bulletin contains information from papers presented at a Coastal Construction Practices Seminar held at Satellite Beach, Florida, on April 12, 1980. The seminar was sponsored by the Brevard County Beach Erosion Control District, the City of Satellite Beach, the Florida Cooperative Extension Service and the Florida Sea Grant Program. Although the seminar was organized to provide a public forum for the citizens of the area to discuss coastal hazards and coastal construction, the information is applicable to other coastal areas as well. Speakers included Dr. Val Villanyi Hausner, consulting engineer, Orlando; Byron Spangler, professor of civil engineering and Chris Jones, Florida sea Grant coastal engineering specialist, both at the University of Florida; James Balsillie, engineering geologist, Bureau of Beaches and Shores, Florida Department of Natural Resources, Tallahassee; Jim Smith, Federal Flood Insurance Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Atlanta, Georgia; Ray Murray, city engineer, Cocoa Beach.