AMI completed a series of shoreline repair designs for members of the Encampment Forest Association. Each section of shoreline repaired had its own unique challenges, topography changes, and critical wind/wave directions. Design solutions for these projects consisted of armor stone revetments, salvaging and rebuilding existing armor stone revetments, rock bolting of vertical ledge rock faces with colored shotcrete facing, turf reinforcement mats with percussion anchors, native vegetation, and colored concrete retaining walls.

Bathymetric data nearshore was used to determine the critical design wave heights and wave run up potential for nearshore conditions. These depths were also crucial in determining the capability of work being performed from a barge versus on land. Landing a barge near the shoreline requires a minimum depth to avoid barge puncture from sharp bedrock and a maximum distance from shore the barge can be for an excavator to reach the work area.

Additional work for the association included river mouth restoration, rock steps built into the armor stone revetments for continued beach access, switchback trails with overlook sitting areas, and new native tree plantings. AMI worked with the contractor for these shoreline rehabilitations and gained permission from the association to allow the barge to be moored next to shore in protected areas in case the wind decided to pick up during the multi-weeklong project.