February 24, 2006

First Hopper Dredge Used in a Private Beach Nourishment Project in South Carolina

Debidue Island getting sand three miles from shoreline

Beach Renourishment: S.C. project getting over half a million cubic yards of sand along a mile-and-a-half stretch of beach.

Charleston, S.C. – Applied Technology & Management, Inc. recently started construction on the Debordieu Beach Nourishment Project, which involves the placement of approximately 600,000 cubic yards of sand along approximately 8,000 feet of beach at Debidue Island, S.C. The dredging contractor is Weeks Marine, Inc. out of Covington, Louisiana.

This is the first private beach nourishment in S.C. to use a hopper dredge according to the USACE. ATM is using an offshore borrow site approximately three miles from the shoreline.

The project will be completed in April. Total construction cost is approximately $5.3 million.


About ATM

Applied Technology & Management, Inc. (www.appliedtm.com) is a marine, coastal, environmental, and water resources engineering firm that specializes in marina and waterfront development and management, beach restoration and renourishment, hydrological modeling, environmental impacts assessments, environmental permitting, wetland permitting and management, site/civil development, GIS services, market studies and analysis, upfront conceptual planning and design, financial analysis with proprietary pro formas, and capital financing. Founded in 1984, ATM serves public and private clients with projects throughout the world and is headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, with additional offices in Cocoa Beach, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and West Palm Beach; Savannah, Georgia; Charleston and Hilton Head, S.C.; and Newport, R.I.

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