Morgan & Eklund, Inc (M&E), a Florida-based land and hydrographic survey firm, today released details of critical pre-and post-construction surveys for Eastman Aggregate Enterprises LLC, a contractor working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, together with the City of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County, of the completed Miami Beach Hotspots Beach Renourishment Project.
In late April 2020, the National Hurricane Center released its conclusive report about Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 hurricane that battered the islands in September 2019 with 185mph sustained winds and a 25m storm surge.
Morgan & Eklund, Inc (M&E), a Florida-based hydrographic survey firm specializing in coastal and nearshore areas, today released details of an exclusive assignment carried out last year as part of the search and recovery efforts in the hurricane-torn Bahamas following the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian, in September 2019.
Morgan & Eklund, Inc. (M&E) performs many logistically complex, specialized surveys, which at times can be quite challenging. For example, PortMiami, is one of the ten busiest container ports in the United States. With increasingly larger vessels appearing in the shipping industry, the port has been assessing the existing channel depths since larger entrances and deeper ports are required to accommodate them.
In early April, Colorado State University released its Extended-Range Forecast of Atlantic Hurricane Activity for 2020, anticipating an “above-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States coastline and in the Caribbean.”
Under the terms of our professional services agreement with Martin County, Morgan & Eklund, Inc. (M&E) performs coastal monitoring surveys of the Martin County shoreline along previously established FDEP Range Monument Profile Alignments.
For the past five years, Morgan & Eklund, Inc. (M&E) has been surveying for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on the C-44 Canal Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment system in conjunction with the Everglades Restoration Project in Indiantown, Florida. This project is a key component in the effort to restore our national treasure known as the Everglades. Waterways and lakes in Florida are increasingly becoming polluted with fertilizer and nutrient runoff from farming areas adversely affecting the quality of the water ultimately filtering down to the Everglades and Florida Keys.