On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, creating a coastal impact of historic and devastating proportion. Since that time, the New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (District) has been working to repair and restore damaged beaches to their pre-storm conditions, as allowed by statutory authorities. As part of this effort, McKim & Creed was commissioned by the District to provide existing condition beach profile and groin surveys for a nine-mile segment of the Sea Bright to Manasquan area. The award-winning project involved a combination of conventional, hydrographic and airborne LiDAR techniques to map 145 beach profiles and performed detailed topographic surveys above and below the water surface for 29 stone groins and revetments.
