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PROJECT EXPERIENCE <br />YGY 'Turks and Caicos Yacht Club - Providenciales, Turks & Caicos <br />a <br />Min Hydrographic <br />was chosen to design a beach <br />nourishment project for the <br />prestigious Emerald Beach <br />Property, which had <br />traditionally been an area of <br />high sediment transport and <br />erosion. Design Engineers <br />performed field work including <br />sediment probes, sand <br />sampling and hydrographic <br />surveys to identify a borrow <br />area with suitable sand and <br />opted to use next generation <br />"Geotube" sand filled <br />geotextile groins to stablilize <br />the fill. The price for the <br />geotextiie product was four times cheaper than the rock groin alternative and the structure <br />could be painted to blend with the natural beach sand using uv protection. Strict environmental <br />water quality requirements led the engineers to design a system of spillways to contain the <br />turbid water and allow the fine particulates to settle out. This allowed the water returning to the <br />sea to be clearer than the water where the 18" dredge was operating. Previous beach <br />nourishment projects had been performed in the Turks and Caicos by pumping the sand directly <br />on the beach, causing turbidity and creating stressful conditions for the nearby coral reefs. <br />©HS also performed the construction supervision and turbidity monitoring work for this <br />project." <br />x www.OlinHydrographic.com <br />Consulting Engineering, Environmental, and Mapping Services <br />q yrrogra is <br />Solutions, enc, <br />