Early Marine Construction, Inc. is locally owned and operated residential and commercial marine contractor with over 14 years of experience in the Middle Peninsula. Our services include docks and piers, bulkheads, jetties and groins, riprap, shoreline erosion control, dredging, and boat lift installation.

Harbor Dredge & Dock (HDD) is a full service Class A General Contractor specializing in Dredging, Marine, Utilities, Stormwater Management, Dam and Lake Services projects for government, commercial, and private sectors. The owners, have over 30 plus years’ experience in civil construction, heavy utility contractor, mechanical dredging, pile driving, retaining walls, timber construction, shoreline development, living shorelines and stream water restoration. Harbor Dredge & Dock has experience dredging and construction for tidal waterways, lakes, rivers, streams and canals. Our portable equipment allows us to service a wide variety of applications in the Mid Atlantic area. We are a Women Owned Small Business firm registered with Federal and local governments.

DEQ certified in Stormwater Management systems along with a Commercial and Residential Builders Certificate with a specialty in Marine Construction. We have annual contracts with numerous counties to repair or create new drainage structures to manage stormwater.

Services include – Stormwater BMP’s Inspector Construct, Fix and Maintain the 15 Nonproprietary Stormwater BMP’s Detention / Retention Ponds Culvert Replacement / Rehab Inlet/Outfall Rehab/Replacement Living Shoreline Restore / Creation Storm Drains Channel improvements Fore Bay Installation Dredging Articulated Concrete Matting Curb Drainage Pavement Drainage Inlet/Catch Basin Repairs Temporary Erosion Control Permanent Erosion Repairs Earthen Embankments CIVIL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Sewer / Water Utilities Pipe Restoration Erosion Control Clearing and Grubbing Retention Ponds Subsurface Drainage Demolition Curb / Gutter Drainage Grading Detention Ponds

MARINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Design / Build Services Elevated Walkways / Bridges Kayak Launches Piers / Floating Docks Boat Houses Rip Rap Dam / Spillway Repair – Replacement Trails Pile Driving Boat Ramps Bulkheads Cofferdams Marinas Salvage Work

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VHB provides planning, engineering, and design services for clients in the federal, state, and local governments; institutional; real estate; and energy markets. We bring more than 40 years of experience in coastal engineering, resiliency planning and design, and shoreline engineering. More information can be found at https://www.vhb.com/environmental-services/.

VHB’s engineers, scientists, planners, and designers partner with public and private sector clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Together, we work to enhance communities and economic vitality, improve mobility, and balance development and infrastructure needs with environmental stewardship. We’re a team—1,800 strong—eager to deliver value by embracing our clients’ goals, anticipating challenges, building lasting partnerships, and always providing an exceptional experience. VHB brings collective knowledge, technical excellence, and a wide network of trusted relationships across our footprint to deliver value. When you have a team with such a broad range of experience, it’s only natural to look at projects from every angle and ask the types of questions that lead to better solutions. That’s what we do at VHB—we help our clients make the right decisions to move their projects forward.

STEM Teaching and training ODU Elizabeth River project
– provide standard work processes and procedures robotic surface hydro drone manual with faculty training 1 week summer class robotic hydro drone operation at Eastern Shore Yacht and Country Club Brock Environmental Center
– morning class for VA Beach HS students, afternoon MS Pungoteague, VA and Harborton
– 1 day class for home school students See YouTube Channel link Data acquisition support for: Project permitting processes (living shoreline, dredging, change monitoring) Project documentation
– planning, permitting, construction, follow on progress monitoring Chris Davis 804.338.3103 Ready Reef Inc. 504 Smoketree Court, Richmond, VA 23236 Russ Burke 804.815.0272 Biogenic Solutions Consulting support for harbor, beach restoration project Dr. Richard Snyder, Director VIMS ESL Starting bathymetric mapping with hydro drones of 3 sq miles of south Burton Bay for use in identification of potential seagrass restoration sites

Bathymetric Maps We create maps of creeks, ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water cheaper and faster than traditional methods. These maps can be viewed digitally or printed physically. Change Monitoring Using sonar systems and high resolution 360 degree cameras above and below the water, we provide the footage you need to track the change of environmental projects, aquaculture crops, and other areas of interest. Marine Infrastructure Inspection Our hydro drones provide video footage of bridges, piers, docks, and other infrastructure safer, faster, and from perspectives unattainable by other methods. Education We teach STEM classes on hydro drone operation, environmental monitoring, engineering methods and practices, geodesy, and surveying .

Additional services includes full documentation of construction project contruction stages and ongoing updates on project conditions such as living shorelines.

Data acquisition for project planning and permitting Documentation of project construction phases Bathymetric mapping for project design, dredging, channel location Environmental change monitoring Marine infrastructure inspection Education.

Our FloodDefender system design is based on the following Standards:
• American National Standard for Flood Mitigation Equipment (ANSI/FM 2510-2020)
• US Army Corps of Engineers – Maximum Impact Forces of Woody Debris on Floodplain
• Structures (February 2018)
• International Building Code (IBC)
• American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
• American Iron and Steel Institute, North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing (AISI)
• Steel Stud Manufacturers Association (SSMA)
• NOTE : The engineering analyses indicate maximum steel fiber stresses and deflections to be acceptable for the application with sufficient factors of safety under all loading conditions required by applicable codes and guidelines. Engineering Analyses have been third party peer reviewed for methodology and accuracy

Portadam has been providing temporary water diversion solutions for nearly four decades. Our full product lineup and service-oriented approach ensures that your needs will be met. For your flood protection needs, we help you obtain a flood risk analysis report on your location based on proprietary scientific analysis. A comprehensive flood protection implementation plan can also be developed by our expert team. We can then design and deliver the best flood protection system to protect your property. Our experts provide initial and subsequent annual refresher training to your on-site team to ensure proper deployment of your flood protection barrier when required. You have the flexibility to select the best combination of our full-service offerings to meet your exact requirements.

We offer a full range of flood protection services:
-Site surveys and analysis reports
-Comprehensive flood protection implementation plan
-On-site trainings
-Variety of flood fighting products, including: FloodDefender Our best-in-class flood barrier is constructed of high-quality steel and lightweight aluminum, topped with an impervious, reinforced PVC sealing sheet. Each barrier system is custom built for your site.
– Rapidly Deployable: 150 linear feet goes up in 45 minutes with a crew of four (link)
– Easy to Assemble: No tools required, no piece weighs over 25 pounds
– Compact Storage: A 150 linear foot barrier of 48” height protection can be stored in a single 6’ x 4’ x 4’ portable, stackable crate (insert link or image)
– Customizable, Modular Design: Our experts design custom barriers with a variety of heights and shapes.
– Built to Last: The core metal components last decades, and the sealing sheet is rated for 7 years of continuous UV exposure.

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Docks of the Bay has over 20 years of marine construction experience and successfully completed jobs including but not limited to dredging, living shorelines, shoreline stabilization and restoration, bulkheads and jetties, boardwalks, bank grading and slope stabilization, boat ramps, marina construction, breakwaters and rock sills, oyster sills, geotube installation, marsh plantings, beach nourishment and of course dock construction. Docks of the Bay has the right equipment, skilled and experience operators, licensed USGC Captains and certified divers on staff to compete the project. No two projects are the same, and Docks of the Bay incorporates the client’s goals and given site conditions to customize a solution that will yield results. Our extensive experience and past performance provide us the tools to design, plan and execute projects both big and small and provide the client with a professional experience.

Services include:

• Bulkheads
• Dredging
• Pile driving: wood, fiberglass, & concrete
• Boat ramp construction
• Underwater construction and diving capabilities
• New dock construction: floating and fixed
• Demolition
• Rip-rap
• Beach nourishment
• Tree removal
• Storm water management
• Soil lifts
• Clearing and grubbing
• Stream bank and riparian seeding
• Outfall stabilization
• Coffer dams
• Live stakes
• Log sills
• Coir matting
• Living shorelines
• Pond construction
• Concrete finishing
• Utilities Site grading and preparation
• Site restoration and plantings

Offering free consultation and cost estimates.

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The team is comprised of world class water sampling experts and have extensive experience in salinity and water body movements. This combined with unparalleled experience in uncrewed systems we meet both the scientific and technical challenges on assisting with critical data for this important endeavor.

With hundreds of hours in flight and years of experience working with military operations and leadership, unmanned systems manufacturing companies, and private & government operations, our wealth of experience and expertise can help you and your business achieve your next highest levels. SRS is devoted to education and empowering our employees, resulting in a knowledgeable and dedicated workforce. We are committed to improving the lives of our customers by providing superior quality solutions that will revolutionize the way we perform tasks in our daily life.

Services include water collection and data processing, autonomous land, air, and see systems for pre and post flooding inspections. Also offering free cost estimates.

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/sentinel-robotic-solutions-llc/

Marine construction, living shoreline design and build. Design, permitting and construction.

Native Shorelines is a turn-key provider of Living Shorelines to private landowners, communities, institutions, and any riparian landowner experiencing shoreline erosion. We handle the entire process from initial landowner outreach through permitting and installation. We offer Living Shorelines that are an environmentally superior, competitively priced alternative to hardened bulkheads and seawalls. As a more effective and environmentally sound solution, Living Shorelines can improve water quality, provide fisheries habitat, increase biodiversity, and promote recreation. Native Shorelines utilizes its patent-pending QuickReef modules which are made from predominantly native materials. Installation is conducted by hand, wherever possible, and integrated within the landscape to minimize disruption to the existing conditions at the site. Our QuickReef modules act as natural barriers to wave energy, actively trap sediment, and allow marshes to accrete and adapt as sea level rises.

Green Stream Technologies makes it easy and affordable to monitor and report flooding in real time. We provide low-cost, low-power, low-footprint water level and precipitation sensors, communications and cloud services, and real-time data visualization so you can better protect property and safety. Green Stream works with small and large government agencies, as well as flood prone property owners.

Staff includes degrees and expertise in electrical engineering, systems engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, and field operations. Experience in delivering hardware and software enterprise solutions to gov, military, commercial. Dedicated since 2017 to real time flood monitoring systems. Certified SWaM/Micro business.

Services include:
Water level sensors, Rain gauges, autonomous power, wireless communication/telemetry, cloud services, real-time dashboard, flood threshold notifications. Installation and maintenance or support for DIY.

Est 1885 Ellicott Dredges is the nations oldest designer and builder of dredging equipment sold thru the world. Our products are routinely utilized in support of Federal , State and Local gov. waterway restoration and flood control. Ellicott dredges can be found working in lakes, rivers and behind dams removing accumulated sediments to restore water quality and needed capacity during storm events. We provide equipment to meet specific project goals and onsite training to staff personal.

Specific services:
Purchase Equipment
Lease Equipment
Provide in house training using simulator
Provide on site training using expert technicians
Resource for information and contacts

Other certifications:
WEDA Western Dredging Association – Board members and officers

https://www.instagram.com/ellicottdredges/
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SOX Erosion Solutions™ designs manufacture and distributes patented bioengineered erosion control systems that immediately halt shoreline and hillside erosion while promoting vegetation.

One of our managing partners is in a stormwater erosion and sedimentation control inspector training program.

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/soxerosion/

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/sox-erosion-solutions/

*Emerging company and RISE winner.

We design and manufacture structural walls with extension and retraction capabilities to provide on-demand flood control and storm-surge protection. We envision the Smart Walls as that piece of smart infrastructure that can help coastal communities combat the sea-level rise, and we are doing it in a way that it is accessible to all – not only cities or municipalities. We envision bringing this new infrastructure technology to the reach of homeowners or business owners, so they can protect their assets without blocking the view or access to the waters.

Services of design and manufacture Smart Walls, for the end-user or customer to install it hiring a local contractor of their preference.

RES, a design-build environmental restoration firm, is a certified Class A Contractor in Virginia. We also have our engineering license. Many of our staff hold Professional Engineer (PE) licenses, Professional Wetland Delineator (PWD) certifications, Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) certifications, Rosgen trained designers, and Certified Floodplain Managers (CFM) , among others.

As the nation’s largest ecological restoration company, RES supports the public and private sector with solutions for environmental mitigation, stormwater and water quality, and climate and flooding resilience. RES has a unique operating model for delivering ecological uplift, based on science-led design, full delivery, long-term stewardship, and guaranteed performance. RES designs, builds, and sustains sites that preserve the environmental balance, lifting impaired ecosystems into restored health and ultimately, self-sufficiency.

RES works closely and creatively with developers, operators, landowners, and regulatory agencies to balance the needs of the client, community, and the resource. We employ teams covering the full project lifecycle, combining in-house analytics and technical expertise with implementational resources and capabilities.

RES’ experience includes the restoration, enhancement, and preservation of 62,637 acres of wetlands and over 525 miles of streams.

RES will not require any assistance in obtaining capital for projects conducted under the Fight the Flood program. Ecological restoration and water resource solutions involve a suite of performance obligations not typically found in voluntary conservation projects, and RES’ business model is tailored specifically for executing restoration projects and providing all associated financial assurances. RES has significant operating capital and a robust balance sheet that will provide ample capacity to fund project implementation through acceptance of the project by clients and any associated monitoring periods.

RES is in a strong financial position and has the financial wherewithal to self-finance project-related cash flows. RES’ asset and cash position, as well as its credit capacity, enables a strategy of managing project capitalization without third-party financing, thus providing clients with a lower overall cost.

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/res-us/

Muscle Wall is… a flood barrier system company that uses durable, hollow, walls that can be quickly moved into place to divert or contain water. Our reusable 2-foot, 4-foot, and 8-foot-tall walls when filled with water give them added stability. Time is money and Muscle Wall saves both. One 4ft x 6ft wall is equivalent to 468 sand bags. They have a UV rating of 10 years and can be set in place as a permanent solution or easily stack and store in a small area per our patented “L” shaped design.

Muscle Wall is a product not a service. We can demo how to deploy and suggest applications.

Muscle Wall was recently awarded FM Approval as well as a Certification of Compliance of all testing by the USACE for 2ft, 3ft, and 4ft Muscle Wall products. Muscle Wall is the only product on the market to receive this approval by the USACE for a flood control barrier at 4 feet high.

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.