Ports & Harbors

Ports and harbors are critical national infrastructure that serves a vital role in our modern way of living. Bowman engineers specialize in waterfront facilities, with a primary emphasis on port facilities, and have extensive experience providing comprehensive engineering services to public and private clients throughout North America. 

Our waterfront facilities experience ranges from industrial ports and harbors to urban waterfront development. Industrial port experience includes facilities handling liquid and solid bulk, break bulk and containerized commodities. Urban waterfront experience includes residential and commercial waterfront development, ferry terminals, recreational docks including floating docks, marinas and fishing piers. Additionally, Bowman also services heavy industrial facilities including cooling towers, warehouses, storage tanks and mechanical systems including pumps, piping and blending systems.

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Capabilities

Surveying & Mapping
• Canal Channel Surveying
• Diving Hazard Surveys
• Geophysical Modeling & Mapping
• Hydrographic Mapping & Surveying
• LiDAR
• Multibeam Bathymetric Scanning &Surveying
• Remote Sensing
• Seawall Inspection Analysis
• Side Scan Sonar
• Topographic & Bathymetric Surveys

Inspection, Investigation & Evaluation
• Damage Investigation
• Feasibility Studies and Cost Estimation
• Geologic Investigations
• Geophysical Studies
• Underwater Inspections and Evaluation

Environmental Engineering
• Waterfront Construction Permitting
• Mechanical Dredging Feasibility Studies
• Hydraulic & Mechanical Dredging
• Sampling
• Regulatory Compliance Engineering
• Bulkheads and Shoreline Stabilization Design Including Revetment Design
• CADD Drafting
• Deep and Shallow Foundations Analysis, Design and Testing
• Design of New and Rehabilitation of Existing Industrial Facilities
• Design of New and Rehabilitation of Existing Ports and Waterfront Facilities
• Fender System Design
• Marinas and Floating Dock Design
• Marine Loading Arm and Hose Tower Design

• Mechanical Engineering
• Mooring Bollard Design, Rating and Testing
• Pipe Rack Design
• Pump and Piping Design Including Hydraulic Analysis
• Static and Dynamic Mooring Analysis
• Stationary and Mobile Equipment Foundation Design
• Structural Analysis and Load Rating of Waterfront Structures
• Structural Inspection and Evaluation of Industrial Structures

Construction Management
• Waterfront Construction Inspection and Management

Claims and Litigation Technical
Support

Experience

Spruce Street Harbor Park

Philadelphia, PA

Our team provided marine engineering services for the construction of Spruce Street Harbor Park at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, PA. We provided mooring analysis, preliminary and final marine structural analysis and design, permitting and construction inspection services for this project.

Seawall Stabilization

Troy, NY

Our team was hired to perform a combined multi-beam side scanning sonar and LiDAR investigation to produce 3-D digital model of the vertical surface of the Troy seawall above and below the water surface. This continuous model produced a high resolution “picture” of the wall.

Mohawk River Locks E8 to E7

Bergmann, NY

Bowman provided dual mapping data as part of the flood warning and optimization system in addition to maintenance and inspection contracts statewide. The team was contracted to provide bank-to-bank bathymetric mapping and simultaneous LiDAR data collection of the Mohawk River between Locks E8 and E7 to support flood modeling activities.

Locks CS-1

Cayuga Lake, NY

Our team performed a multi-disciplinary mapping and sediment characterization study for Bergmann Associates. The project located at lock C/S-1 at the northern end of Cayuga Lake entailed performing multi-beam echosounding, single beam echosounding, aerial UAV topographic mapping, GPS survey, utility location and sediment sampling.

Living Breakwaters

Staten Island, NY

Partnered with Weeks Marine, our team provided multiple roles and services for this project. We acted as the geologist of record and provides construction material inspection and oversite services at the breakwater materials extraction source (Carver Johnstown Quarry).

Erie Canal Channel Multibeam Bathymetric Survey

Erie Canal, NY

Our team provided multibeam bathymetric scanning services to collect high density survey data below the water line on the Erie Canal in support of the Canal Corporation’s Navigation Information Program. Data was used to determine the nature of obstructions and detailed 3D images/maps of dredged areas.

Champlain Lock Structures

New York

Our team provided combined multibeam bathymetric and laser scanning services to simultaneously collect high density survey data above and below water line, in support of the Canal Corporation’s structural inspection program.

Alcove and Basic Reservoirs

Albany, NY

The City of Albany requested that our team perform updated bathymetric, LiDAR and conventional surveys of Alcove and Basic Reservoirs – two of the three reservoirs that provide the City of Albany with drinking water. The results of these surveys would also provide accurate volumetric estimates and capacity tables for these reservoirs.

North Terminal Rehabilitation

Philadelphia, PA

Our marine engineers performed structural analysis of the bulkhead and designed the required rehabilitation of damaged sections of the dock bulkhead. Scope included performing repair design underwater inspection, developing conceptual alternates for the rehabilitation and developing estimated construction cost of each option.

Refinery Waterfront Inspection

Philadelphia, PA

Retained to conduct routine inspection of Philadelphia Energy Solution’s 3.5 miles of refinery waterfront along the Schuylkill River. The waterfront consisted of nine wharves, 22 steel sheet pile bulkhead sections (approximately 8,000 LF of bulkhead) and six categories of miscellaneous structures.

Walking Bridge Replacement

Confidential

Bowman provided damage investigation, claim support, design, permitting, material procurement, and engineering support services during the construction of a approximately 104 FT span walking bridge to replace a pile bent supported walkway that was damaged by an aberrant barge at this petroleum facility.

PBF Logistics Construction Inspection

NJ

The project involves construction of two mooring dolphins to tie up ships up to 750 ft long (LOA) and other associated construction work. Such construction work starts with the installation of falsework (temporary steel framing) to be able to install production piles at accurate locations and angles in the waterway.

Perth Amboy Dock Renewal & Rehabilitation

Perth Amboy, NJ

Retained to perform a thorough underwater inspection of Berths A and B to document the construction and evaluate the current condition of all existing dock structures and design the complete removal and renewal or rehabilitation of Dock A structures in a phased manner.

River Maintenance Dredging

NJ, NY

Designed, secured permits, and provided bid support and construction management services for the maintenance dredging of sites located on the Arthur Kill River along New Jersey and New York shorelines. Scope of work included pre-dredge surveys, calculating pre-dredge volumes and preparing sediment sampling and analysis plans.

Carteret Dock 1 Renewal

Carteret, NJ

Our team was retained to perform an underwater inspection of Dock 1, review the construction and current condition of the existing dock and design the renewal of Dock 1 in a phased manner. Scope of work included developing several alternates for the construction of new breasting and mooring structures with the estimated construction costs.

Eagle Point Dock No. 2 Modifications

Confidential

Retained to perform a repair design underwater inspection, develop feasible options for rehabilitation, secure environmental permits, perform final design and detailing, perform construction inspection and management. Static and dynamic mooring analysis were also performed.

Buckeye Mooring Renewal and Gangway Installation

Perth Amboy, NJ

Performed an underwater inspection to evaluate the structural condition of structures supporting the gangway and mooring hooks. Provided construction inspection and management services during the installation of gangway and mooring hooks.

Port Construction Inspection

New Jersey

Provided full-time construction inspection for a project recently designed by the team. The project involved the construction of two mooring dolphins to tie up ships up to 750 FT long and other associated construction work.

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