Whether you plan to build a new bridge, extend the lifetime of a subsiding
offshore platform, develop a new beach, or place additional fish farms in a
fiord, your project will have an impact on the surrounding coastal and
marine waters, and they will have an impact on your project. We can
determine and quantify these impacts and thus provide you with the basis
for making environmentally and economically sound decisions in your
project.
The environmental impact from projects in the coastal zone and further
offshore attracts a great deal of attention. The protection of, for
example, mangroves, coral reefs, sea mammals, sea grass beds or
recreational beaches, is thus an integral part of the planning of any
marine structure.
If you are only in the preliminary stages of your project, an overall
description of the possible impact may be adequate. This description
may be based on data already available for your area. On the other hand, if
you are further into the project, collection of field measurements to
describe in detail the state of your area is often required.
Because of an often harsh marine environment the costs associated with
construction in the coastal zone and further offshore are generally high.
It is therefore imperative for the costs of any marine project that the
environment's impact on and interaction with the proposed structures
are known to such detail, that cost-effective planning, design and/or
construction can be carried out.