Integrated services for complex coastal infrastructure and port developments.
The coastal environment is complex, impacting homes, communities, infrastructure and marine life. With extreme weather events becoming more intense and frequent in some areas of the world, we help our clients to reduce climate risks and mitigate coastal challenges.
Our team provides expertise in metocean studies, numerical modelling, machine learning and analytics, risk assessments and design of shoreline protection and nature-based solutions that support resilient adaptations and minimise disruptions to port operations, infrastructure and communities.
Our coastal experts work closely with our ports, terminals, environmental, mining, energy and artic engineering experts to successful deliver projects in various industry sectors, including mining and minerals, energy, transportation and infrastructure. Together, Ausenco brings diverse expertise that allows us to provide our clients with comprehensive, integrated solutions from mine-to-market.
Our capabilities include:
Metocean characterisation
- Metocean studies
- Spectral and free surface wave modelling
- Extreme events such as tsunami or tropical cyclone modelling
- Ocean and river hydrodynamics
Coastal zone management
- Shoreline protection and the design of nature-based solutions
- Finding solutions and adaptations to climate change
- Sediment transport studies
- Data collection surveys
- Diffusion/dispersion analysis
Coastal infrastructure
- Site selection studies
- Breakwater design
- Scour assessment and protection design
- Seawater intake and outfall facilities for desalination
- Construction supervision
- Constructability assessments
Port design
- Wave agitation assessment and port layout master planning
- Berth availability and weather downtime assessment
- Static and dynamic mooring analysis
- Single point, spread mooring systems and transhipment
- Dredging and land reclamation studies and design
- Waterways studies and design of associated infrastructure
- Navigability studies
- Full mission bridge and fast-time simulation design, coordination and analyses
Risk management
- Coastal flood risk assessment and management
- Climate change risk assessments
- Coastal input to habitat compensation plans