An open, honest and transparent assessment of your water resources challenges.
Silver Jackets Program Manager while with the Norfolk District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Flood Risk Management Business Line Manager while with the Norfolk District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Building upon over 30 years of federal service, Shore Consulting Group provides a wide array of services to our water resources clients. Flood risk management services include structural and non structural solution sets which address both sea level rise and land subsidence issues. One of the first water resources professionals to publicly acknowledge and respond to this phenomena in the coastal and riverine environments of the Chesapeake Bay, our nation’s largest estuary. Environmental services include compliance with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act , Sections 10 and 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and restoration opportunities. Well versed in Section 408 requirements to assist applicants with evaluations which ensure that their projects are not injurious to the public interest and will not impair the usefulness of Civil Works projects. Well versed in joining engineering and science based decision making to provide actionable outcomes to your water resources challenges.

• Flooding
• Flood Risk Management
• Navigation
• Environmental Compliance and Restoration
• Water Resources Policy
• Watershed Management

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mansfield-03858821

Class B Marine Contractor, Responsible Land Disturber

Riverworks, Inc. offers erosion control services, living shorelines, breakwaters, revetments, docks, boat houses and lifts, and green solutions for traditional problems. We are now in the second generation of leadership, with decades of experience in Virginia around the water. We have hundreds (if not thousands) of projects still in service around Tidewater, VA. We were an early proponent of living shorelines when other contractors were practicing traditional methods, and our projects from 30 years ago are still robust and functioning well. We refuse to cut corners on projects and stand behind all of our work with pride.

Free original consultation, estimates, and designs. We expedite projects where a quality of life issue is occurring, and prioritize emergency projects to the best of our ability to prevent further loss of property or damage.

• Living shorelines
• Erosion control services
• Grading
• Stormwater control
• Breakwaters
• Rip-Rap
• Revetments
• Oyster Reefs
• Docks
• Boat houses
• Boat lifts
• Drainage

WSSI employs nearly 200 engineers, environmental scientists, arborists, regulatory specialists, GIS specialists, archeologists, surveyors, compliance inspectors, and ecosystem specialists across five offices in the Mid-Atlantic. We currently maintain over 26 Certified Arborists, 25 Professional Wetland Scientists, 14 Professional Engineers, 6 Certified Floodplain Managers, 4 Certified Ecologists, and numerous other employees that hold professional licensure or certifications and advanced training or degrees relevant to the Fight the Flood Program.

• Environmental Science, including delineation of wetlands and other Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS)
• §404/401 Clean Water Act Permitting and Compliance
• NEPA Studies and Documents
• Civil, Stormwater, and Water Resources Engineering
• Environmental Compliance
• Stream & Wetland Restoration & Mitigation
• Ecosystem Restoration and Management
• Cultural Resource Investigations
• Land and Bathymetric Surveying
• Forest Conservation, Urban Forestry Planning, & Specialized Tree Preservation
• GIS/Mapping Services
• Environmental Site Assessments and Hazardous Materials Investigations
• Air Quality Studies and Permitting
• Chesapeake Bay Act Studies, Permitting, and Compliance
• §303e Clean Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Projects
• UAV and Reality Capture Services

Alistair J. Ramsay L.S. is a small business in the Middle Peninsula concerned with producing high quality work in a timely fashion in the interest of our clients.

We provide many professional services in Gloucester, Mattews, Middlesex, King and Queen Counties:

• Boundary Surveys
• Subdivisions Major/Minor
• Topographic surveys
• Site Plans
• Physical Surveys
• Flood Certificates
• Chesapeake Bay Plans
• Construction Layout
• Plans of Development
• Erosion and Sediment Control Plan

If you’d like to visit us, our office is in Suite 6 of the Heritage House office building on Martin Street. The Heritage House is behind Jessica’s Sweet Shop and Cafe. Business Hours are 7:00AM to 5:00PM, other hours available by appointment.

WHO WE ARE

From commercial buildings, waterfront residences to large scale bulkheads Garbarino Construction has worked on many of the structures seen in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News and Hampton, Virginia. Additionally, Garbarino Construction has completed pile projects in Northern Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland & North Carolina.

WHAT WE DO

Family owned and operated for over 35+ years, Garbarino Construction understands the value of trust on the job site. Nick and Ryan Garbarino (brothers) know how to efficiently and effectively collaborate to meet the clients timelines and budgetary needs. From strategy sessions, safety meetings and pre-construction cross functional contractor sessions, Garbarino Construction will always be a value added partner on the project.

Pile Driving
Foundation Piles
Sheet Piling
Wood Piling
Concrete Piling
Steel Piling
Helical Piles
Crane Rental
Truck / Heavy Hauling
Storage and Rigging

Water damage can happen to any property. Home Mechanix, LLC is a dynamic team of professionals that can mitigate potential issues and protect your investments. Home Mechanix is fully insured and bonded and will get your building up to FEMA compliance. Evaluations are always free!

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Home Mechanix, LLC has a Class B contractors license. We know FEMA mitigation codes and have successfully mitigated over 500 homes in Hampton Roads. We understand the diagrams of structures and the approach required to make properties compliant with the NFIP.

We have implemented several processes that make the mitigation paperwork headache much easier. One of which is a report that we provide for our customers called the Flood Mitigation Compliance Report. Our FMCR has all mitigation notes required by FEMA & the underwriters and gathers & displays all work performed by HMMX between the homeowner, the surveyor, the insurance company involved & with the underwriters, helping make the certification of the structure compliant. This has proven to be a tremendous help for all involved. Also Home Mechanix was a semi-finalist with RISE in 2018, 1 of 7 out 52, chosen for a patent pending idea that Home Mechanix presented for flood mitigation. We have currently filed 5 patent-pending devices that are directed toward flood mitigation, one of which our latest, we will be publicly displaying soon as game changer, market disrupter, for crawl spaces that flood regularly….stay tuned.

Click here to view our appearance yesterday on the Hampton Roads Show.

FEMA FLOOD MITIGATION SERVICES
• flood vent design & installation
• basement to crawlspace conversions
• crawl spaces & fills
• flood prevention
• flood proofing

FRENCH DRAINS
• dry wells
• mechanical drains
• crawlspace drainage systems
• basement drain systems

FOUNDATION REPAIRS
• pier supports
• foundation jacks
• joist sistering
• girder & seal repairs
• floor leveling

CRAWL SPACE REPAIRS
• clean outs & repairs
• vapor barrier installation
• ventilation systems
• insulation installation
• foundation vents & door repairs
• encapsulations

Meredith Marine Construction LLC is located in Deltaville, Virginia. Licensed & Insured, Class A Contractor Michael Meredith specializes in piers, bulkheads, boat lifts, rock/ riprap, marina repairs, fill dirt/ sand.

Founded in 1988, Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) is a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities engineering. Today, with 2,000 employees, ECS has grown to more than 70 offices and testing facilities spread across the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. ECS is currently ranked 69 in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms (ENR, April 2020) and 154 in Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms (ENR, July 2020).

FOUNDATION

Bridge & Stream Engineering provides water resources engineering solutions specializing in surface water hydrology, open channel hydraulics, the hydraulic design of drainage structures, bridge location surveys, floodplain analyses, channel stabilization, scour assessment and mitigation, permitting, drone data/video services, and dam safety.

Natrx uses advanced technology and manufacturing to tackle coastal resilience, restoration, and protection challenges with high-performance, nature-based solutions. We work with a range of clients from industrial asset owners to homeowners experiencing erosion risk. Our approach delivers results for our clients with lower costs, enhanced resilience, and improved ecological outcomes vs. traditional building techniques like rock.

What We Do:
Natrx provides a proven new approach to tackling coastal resilience and restoration challenges through the use of proprietary, advanced technology and manufacturing. Using our remote sensing technology, ReadyQuote, we can go from an initial site input session to a plan for engagement in one day – sometimes faster. We understand the complexities of taking on erosion issues and we’ve created an approach built to be able to move quickly, safely, and more efficiently than traditional methods.

We can work directly with asset owners and homeowners and we also partner with contractors and engineers to develop the most appropriate solutions. Resilience and restoration challenges can be complex, our approach makes tackling them refreshingly simple.

Services:

• Nature-Based Resilience Solutions
• Living Shoreline Design
• Target Habitat for Relevant Coastal Species
• Remote Nature-Based Asset Health Monitoring and Analysis
• Site Planning
• Permitting
• Construction Management

Certifications:

• 4 issued patents on estuarine and coastal shoreline armoring concepts
• 50,000+ of living shoreline solutions completed with our technology
• Additional 58,000 linear feet currently permitted
• 2019 Innovation of the Year Award American Society of Civil Engineers: Biogenic Shorelines
• RISE Resilience Winner Hampton Roads 2020
• Winner of Royal Dutch Shell Gamechanger Program for Coastal Innovation

Example Natrx Projects:

Hog Island

A nature-based wetland protection and habitat restoration solution using Natrx ExoForms™ along Hog Island in Gloucester County, Virginia, an area which has historically experienced severe erosion. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration identifies Hog Island as a top priority for Federal Chesapeake Bay habitat restoration activities.
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East River Living Shoreline

Natrx addressed significant erosion issues on a residential peninsula property with ExoForm™ structures. Natrx worked with a local contractor to plan and produce a modular ExoForm design that was safe, efficient, and low impact to install. Installation of ExoForms was completed within one week.

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Hoffler Creek

Natrx worked with the James River Association to design a living shoreline solution for a property facing severe damage and erosion due to heavy storms in the area. The wave energy at this site was higher than most living shoreline solutions could withstand but Natrx ExoForms™ were utilized to effectively stabilize the site and maintain a natural aesthetic appearance.

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Document Downloads:

• Natrx Overview
• ExoForms Overview
• Natrx Assess Overview
• ExoForm Spec Sheet: Fish House
• ExoForm Spec Sheet: Lattice
• ExoForm Spec Sheet: Wave Brush
• ExoForm Spec Sheet: Wave Slope

Get Started with Natrx:

The Natrx approach is designed to be straightforward and transparent. We can work directly with asset owners or with their contractor or engineer partners.

To get learn more about how Natrx solutions could be right for your project, get in touch here.

Testimonials:

Ron Gorton, Golden Oyster Marine Services

We were moving and installing reef modules in record time. Installation of Natrx’s ExoForms is a straightforward process where everyone is able to work together quickly, safely, and efficiently.

Natrx has gone above and beyond for us. With their Natrx Assess capability it’s unbelievable what they can do—From providing an in-depth, ten-year history of site conditions, to understanding exactly where to place reefs for maximum impact at minimal cost.

Wayne Savage, Senior Engineer, Bay Design Group

We started with a plan for a traditional stone breakwater and the project cost was out of reach. Natrx put together an approach that was not only cost effective but also enhanced the look of the shoreline while protecting it from very large storms.

You have rock – that everyone has always thought was the be-all, end-all – and then you get this new product from Natrx and it outperforms rock in big storms.

Lewie Lawrence, Executive Director, Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission

By working with companies like Natrx, we can offer more efficient technologies and design more effective solutions that are also cost effective. To be viable in the flood mitigation space, new solutions can’t be costly. The solution has to match the pocketbook.

The speed with which we can address coastal issues with Natrx versus having to pile up rocks is a significant advantage. Our contractor was able to deploy 80 feet per day of custom Natrx ExoForms weighing 800-plus pounds each. It’s unheard of to be able to protect that much shoreline that quickly.

Natrx is easy to work with because they’ve been in the space longer than other companies and have the practical experience required to tackle all the challenges associated with addressing these issues.

Natrx is a Recognized Leader:

Natrx founders have over twenty publications and five issued patents for advanced nature-based coastal protection, and have deployed over 50,000 tons of biogenic living shoreline solutions in the past 15 years.

Our approach has led to meaningful work with some of the biggest names in infrastructure protection and sustainability science:

Bay Design Group is a full service Land Surveying and Civil Engineering firm located in Urbanna, VA and has served the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula Region for the past 46 years. Our licensed professionals design all different marine environment applications including, but not limited to Breakwaters with Beach Nourishment, Living Shorelines of varying characteristics, docks/piers, marina boat slips, RipRap Revetments and bulkheads. We help our clients to come up with the most effective shoreline improvements to ensure a long-lasting approach.

Specific services available to customers:

• Topographic/Hydrographic Surveys
• Boundary Surveys
• Shoreline Stabilization Improvement Plans
• Joint Permit Applications
• Riparian Apportionment Surveys
• Bay Act Development Plans
• Grading/Drainage and Stormwater Management Plans
• Elevation Certificates
• Site Plans
• Wetland Delineations & Environmental Permitting

Specific Certifications:

Licensed Land Surveyors (3)
Licensed Professional Engineers (2)
Licensed to do business in VA & NC

Biogenic Solutions Consulting, LLC will offer a 15% discount to verified Fight the Flood members.

Biogenic Solutions Consulting, LLC has invested years into biogenic breakwater reef technology. Expertise in oyster reef restoration and living shorelines has enabled them to offer novel, biogenic solutions to private homeowners, commercial waterfront properties, and municipalities seeking more natural, sustainable approaches to shoreline protection and oyster reef development. They proudly state that their systems provide a reprieve from erosive wave energy, accelerate oyster reef community development, and allow for customization suitable to address both physical and budgetary constraints specific to each project site.

Services include the following:

• Living Shoreline Design Planning
• Assistance with Acquisition of Permits
• Fabrication Concrete Reefs (aka ‘Biogenic Breakwaters’)
• Guidance with Living Shoreline Assistance Programs
• Construction, Deployment, and Monitoring of Living Shoreline Reef Projects
• Underwater Videography Using ROVs and other Camera Systems
• Water Quality Assessments
• Performance of Field Surveys, including Riparian Zones and Subtidal Aquatic Habitats
• Provision of Other Environmental Consulting Services, As Requested

OTHER LINKS:

https://www.bbb.org/us/va/newport-news/profile/environmental-consulting/biogenic-solutions-consulting-llc-0583-90210978

ReadyReef is now part of the Native Shorelines family. https://www.nativeshorelines.com/request-a-quote

ReadyReef provides shoreline erosion control services from design, permitting, manufacturing, transport, install, and maintenance. Their mission is to make projects as natural and environmentally optimal as possible using living sills (oyster reefs), living shores, and hybrid high slope, vegetated products like Flexamat and Envirolok. Their vision is for stable, yet dynamic erosion control protection that delivers the least cost solution over time.

Services include the following:

• Initial free consultation service
• Design
• Fully up-to-date information regarding grant funding, laws, and regulations
• Permitting services to get regulatory project approval
• Project Installation
• Warranty Services
• Annual Maintenance
• Option to provide oyster reefs with live animals on them

Richmond office located at: 504 Smoketree Court, Richmond, Chesterfield, Virginia 23236, USA

Balzer and Associates, Inc. will offer a 5-10% discount to verified Fight the Flood members.

Balzer and Associates, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary development consultant that can handle project from beginning to end. Services include surveying, civil engineering, architecture, environmental engineering and permitting, structural engineering and soils analysis.

Services include the following:

• Surveying
• Civil Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Architecture
• Environmental Engineering
• Soils/Septic/AOSE
• Landscape Architecture
• Environmental Permitting
• Floodplain Analysis

Building Resilient Solutions will offer verified Fight the Flood members a free initial consultation and free use of our specialized background conditions data collection and moisture monitoring equipment to help understand the cause and impact of water penetration in your building. This data will help inform our recommendations for flood-resilient retrofit design solutions that are specific to and appropriate for your building and site.

Building Resilient Solutions provides clients with technology, data and professional experience to address recurrent flooding in existing buildings. Using a combination of monitoring equipment, data collection, past study and experience, the BRS team can assist property owners with diagnosing the cause and developing recommended solutions to address recurrent flooding and its negative impacts.

Services include the following:

• Building specific moisture monitoring
• Custom retrofit design
• Retrofits for non-traditional moisture problems
• Post-retrofit moisture monitoring
• Retrofit solutions for existing buildings
• Traditional building retrofits

Atlantic Reefmaker will offer a 10% discount to verified Fight the Flood members.

Atlantic Reefmaker provides an engineered structure that disrupts wave energy and protects a shoreline from erosion. Its mission is to provide a wave attenuation products that dissipates wave energy to protect shorelines while allowing some wave energy to pass through the structure, limiting environmental impacts, providing habitat and enabling sand movement along a water body.

Services include the following:

• Site assessment to determine if product is applicable
• Assistance with environmental permitting for product installation
• Provision of materials
• Installation oversight

Reeftek, LLC will offer a 20% discount to verified Fight the Flood members.

Reeftek, LLC is an innovative environmental company using oysters as the foundation for its EPA-approved In Situ Nutrient Remediation Program; Modular Reef Program for Resilience and Restoration; Oysters For Life to provide public participation in restoring natural resources and protecting the watermen and waterfront communities through oyster aquaculture.

Services include the following:

• Oyster Reef Projects: Public or private projects
• Nutrient Offset Credits: Compliance or Voluntary Markets
• Oyster aquaculture program for restoration projects
• Oyster aquaculture program for State participation
• Living Memorial Reef Program