SEASTATES wave and wind forecast goes global
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PMSC - are you still compliant?
Every three years the Maritime and Coastguard Agency invite Duty Holders to sign a statement describing their organisation’s compliance with the Port Marine Safety Code. The next round of compliance statements is due on or before the 31st March 2018.
Statements should be sent in hard copy or preferably via e-mail to the address given on the attached Marine Information Notice. read on
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10 things you might not know about EurOtop
A key requirement for effective management of coastal defences is understanding future changes in flood risk from waves overtopping seawalls or other structures
ABPmer uses EurOtop to accurately model overtopping and its implications. This piece shares 10 things you might not know about EurOtop read on
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NORA: new alliance for native oysters
In November 2017, Caroline Roberts, aquaculture specialist at ABPmer, was invited to attend a three-day European flat oyster restoration workshop organised by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in Berlin.
An outcome of the workshop was the establishment of the Native Oyster Restoration Alliance (NORA) in Europe, which aims to re-establish the native oyster in the North Sea and adjacent European waters and to restore species-rich oyster beds... more
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Is it time to rethink the format of Environmental Statements?
People currently starting in the workplace have not known a time without the internet. This is the Digital Generation born after 1995 who have grown up with digital technologies and are proficient with it.
Technology has shaped their world and how they see themselves. They understand and speak its language knowing how to navigate between real/virtual and public/private online worlds. They have opinions and freely share them and will not be told what they can and cannot have; compiling their own playlists, getting news direct from Twitter, creating their own Youtube channels. The Digital Generation expect data and information to be available online and to be able to interact with it.
ABPmer's Elena San Martin (Senior Environmental Consultant) and Tracey Hewett (Communications Manager) discuss how the Environmental Statement (ES), a key supporting document in development planning applications and marine licence applications, has evolved and what its future might look like read on
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Smart GIS
On 26 October 2017, the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) held their annual GeoCom conference in London. This year the theme was 'Smart Geospatial' and Daniel Williamson, a GIS specialist at ABPmer, was part of the working group that organised and ran the event.
The day had an impressive line-up of talks from industry leaders giving their insights on how the geospatial industry is influencing their sectors and how GIS can become 'smart'...read on
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Determining the future of beneficial use of dredged sediment in the Solent
Recognising that local stakeholders are keen to use more of the sediment that is dredged in the Solent beneficially, the Solent Forum has asked us to explore opportunities for doing this.
Drawing on lessons learned from implemented beneficial use projects, ABPmer’s project team is developing a set of high level criteria to assess sites where dredged sediment could be used....read on
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Happy Christmas
Just like in our personal lives, we want to wish everyone we know in our working lives a happy Christmas and prosperous new year.
During 2017 we’ve enjoyed working with clients old and new and look forward to working with you again in 2018.
PS we're closed on English Bank Holidays and running a skeleton staff between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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