Considering Sea Level Change When Designing Marine Civil Works

Becker, Austin; Toilliez, Jean O.; Mitchell, Todd

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-801060-0.00032-0

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“…Using GenPort as a basis to estimate costs of land elevation and infrastructure retrofit to mitigate SLR simplifies what, in practice, would require complex site-specific projected calculations [6]. GenPort contains the typical components of a container shipping port in the US.…”

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Cost and Materials Required to Retrofit US Seaports in Response to Sea Level Rise: A Thought Exercise for Climate Response

Becker

Hippe²,

Mclean

2017

JMSE

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Climate changes projected for 2100 and beyond could result in a worldwide race for adaptation resources on a scale never seen before. This paper describes a model for estimating the cost and materials of elevating coastal seaport infrastructure in the United States to prevent damage from sea level rise associated with climate change. This study pilots the use of a generic port model (GenPort) as a basis from which to estimate regional materials and monetary demands, resulting in projections that would be infeasible to calculate on an individual port-by-port basis. We estimate the combined cost of adding two meters of additional fill material to elevate the working surface and then reconstructing the generic port. We use the resulting unit area cost to develop an estimate to elevate and retrofit 100 major United States commercial coastal ports. A total of $57 billion to $78 billion (2012 US dollars) and 704 million cubic meters of fill would be required to elevate the 100 ports by two meters and to reconstruct associated infrastructure. This estimation method and the results serve as a thought exercise to provoke considerations of the cumulative monetary and material demands of widespread adaptations of seaport infrastructure. The model can be adapted for use in multiple infrastructure sectors and coastal managers can use the outlined considerations as a basis for individual port adaptation strategy assessments.

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Cost and Materials Required to Retrofit US Seaports in Response to Sea Level Rise: A Thought Exercise for Climate Response

Becker

Hippe²,

Mclean

2017

JMSE

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“…Sea level rise increases risks to wharves, docks, piers, and other maritime infrastructure (Asariotis and Benamara 2012). As sea level rises (NRC 2012;Parris et al 2012;IPCC 2013), port engineers will need to design more resilient structures that considers SLC projections (Esteban et al 2013;Becker et al 2015). Resilient ports and maritime structures are those that are able to "bounce back" after hurricanes, coastal storms, flooding, and other coastal hazards.…”

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Considering Future Sea Level Change in Maritime Infrastructure Design: A Survey of US Engineers

Sweeney

Becker

2020

J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, Ocean Eng.

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Seaports are particularly vulnerable to coastal hazards such as hurricanes and flooding due to their location. Sea level change (SLC) can magnify the impacts of those coastal hazards, threatening the resilience of ports. Engineers must design port infrastructure that is adequately prepared for the amount of SLC expected within the design life of the structure. However, uncertainty of SLC projections coupled with the long service lives of port infrastructure present unique challenges to do so. Through an online survey of 85 U.S. port and maritime infrastructure engineers, this research reflects the U.S. engineering community's attitude and approach to planning for SLC for maritime infrastructure projects. Only 29% of respondents indicated their organization had an internal SLC policy, design, or planning document. Furthermore, results show the lack of regulatory design standards in this area leads to engineers and their clients disregarding SLC more frequently. There is a clear need for collaboration among stakeholders to develop practical design methods for designing resilient port infrastructure.

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“…Despite the need for more resilient marine structures, there is currently little understanding of how SLC is incorporated into the design of these structures. This can be a challenging task for engineers due to the uncertainty of SLC projections as well as differing guidelines and recommendations for managing SLC, especially at the local level (Becker, Toilliez & Mitchell, 2015). Furthermore, incorporating SLC considerations in port engineering structures is especially critical, as these projects tend to have long working lifespans, in some case exceeding 100 years (Savonis, Potter & Snow, 2014).…”

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“…Results will indicate how SLC guidelines and recommendations are being used and how that determination is affected by the long time horizons of maritime projects. There are strong incentives to provide resilience against sea level change and other climate conditions due to the economic potential and social influence of seaports (Becker, Toilliez & Mitchell, 2015). Engineers and designers play an important role and have a responsibility to be proactive about future flood risk (Toilliez, 2018).…”

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Designing Port Infrastucture for Sea Level Change: A Survey of Engineers

Sweeney¹,

Becker²

2018

Int. Conf. Coastal. Eng.

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This work will implement an online survey to gauge the North American port and marine infrastructure engineering communityâ€™s attitude and approach to planning for sea level change (SLC) for large-scale port engineering projects in their practice. Results will identify how engineers consider SLC in the design of marine infrastructure and address such questions as: For which types of projects do port and marine infrastructure engineers incorporate SLC considerations into their design? Where does the incentive to add a SLC design component to a project originate from? What levels of SLC do port and marine infrastructure engineers design for? How do the lifespan expectations and time horizons of maritime projects affect SLC considerations? Answers to these questions will provide baseline data that can be used to determine the role that the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and others can play to best provide assistance to the engineering community, as well as for tracking how firms change their approach to incorporating SLC into their designs over time.

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Considering Sea Level Change When Designing Marine Civil Works

Cited by 5 publications

References 39 publications

Cost and Materials Required to Retrofit US Seaports in Response to Sea Level Rise: A Thought Exercise for Climate Response

Cost and Materials Required to Retrofit US Seaports in Response to Sea Level Rise: A Thought Exercise for Climate Response

Considering Future Sea Level Change in Maritime Infrastructure Design: A Survey of US Engineers

Designing Port Infrastucture for Sea Level Change: A Survey of Engineers

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