Consultancy
We provide specialist consultancy support services to a wide range of organizations and individuals. Examples include:
- Coastal, estuarine and marine management
- Baseline assessment of coastal processes for Shoreline Management Plans
- Assessment of proposed development and coastal protection works on Sites of Special Scientific Interest and European Marine Sites
- Assessment of options for coastal road and sea defence realignment
- Coastal erosion risk assessment
- Coastal and estuarine flood risk assessment
- Cliff erosion and stability
- Advice on best practice for data collection and numerical modelling
- Assessment of windblown sand and dust hazards, and design of control measures
- Assessment and control of saltmarsh erosion and accretion
- Methods of particle size analysis and interpretation of particle size data
- Water resource problems (suspended sediment in groundwater, rivers, estuaries, lakes, reservoirs and effluent)
- Surface freshwater and groundwater management (rivers, lakes, reservoirs and aquifers)
- Enhancement and/or restoration of terrestrial environments (e.g. sand dunes, beaches, saltmarshes, mudflats)
Clients include: CEFAS, Natural Resources Wales, The Environment Agency, Defence Training Estate, The National Trust, Forest Enterprise Scotland, RSPB, Golf Clubs, HR Wallingford, CH2M, Atkins, Aecom, Coastal Engineering UK, Jacobs, Centrica, Intertek, Ørsted, NemoLink. For published outputs see our publications section.

The seafront at Borth, Ceredigion, Wales |

Eroding cliffs at Aldbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire |