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 SCOPAC
Summer Field Trip to Hurst Spit
Thursday,
21st June 2012
The 2012 SCOPAC
field trip for elected members and officers will take us to
Hurst Spit in the West Solent.
The site has been chosen as
it encompasses a wide variety of coastal management topics such
as the 1996 replenishment scheme, designated inter-tidal and
vegetated shingle habitats, and the offshore Shingles Bank used
for sediment recycling.
The field visit
will take place on Thursday, 21st June and will involve a ferry trip to Hurst
Castle and lunch.
Places are
limited and will be allocated on a 'first come, first served'
basis.
Please email
Samantha Cope
samantha.cope@noc.soton.ac.uk
if you would like to attend.
Photograph © David Bowie
Photography
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 Sediment
Recycling Workshop
3rd February 2012
The third SCOPAC workshop in the series "A Problem Shared"
was held at the National Oceanography Centre on 5th January.
The theme was focused on the practicalities and costs of
sediment recycling.
Approximately 50 officers - coastal engineers and scientists
- attended the workshop, which commenced with Professor
Andrew Bradbury providing background information on the
basic principles of sediment recycling. The following
speakers then talked about sediment recycling on their
frontages;
- Pevensey Bay by Ian Thomas
- Hayling Island by Marc Bryan
- East beach/West Bay by Neil Watson/Simon Hills
- Hurst Spit by Peter Ferguson
- Bournemouth by Dave Harlow
The workshop came to a close with a question and answers
session, whereby officers submitted a question together with
a photo of a sediment reycling event they wanted to discuss.
Presentations and notes from the questions & answers
session will soon be available for download.
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 Toe
Structure Workshop
16th
December 2011
HR Wallingford are
currently undertaking a study on behalf of the Environment
Agency to document best practice for the management of toe
scour at coastal structures.
A workshop was held at
the National Oceanography Centre on the 16th
December to collate local engineering experience. Given
that most beach managers are maintaining
50 year old structures rather than building new
structures, the workshop was extremely useful at providing
examples of toe scour and maintenance strategies for
repairing the damage. Any new guidance will benefit from
these practical examples.
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Professor Andy
Bradbury
- Coast Structure Toe Management |
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Peter Ferguson, New
Forest District Council
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Case Study: Milford Seawall Repairs |
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(38Mb) |
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David Lowsley, Chichester District
Council
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Case
Study: West Beach Selsey Seawall Failure & Recovery |
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(5Mb) |
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Minutes |
download (60kb) |
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 ACCESS
Project
Launch
November 2011
The
SCOPAC “Adapting to Coastal Change Along England’s Southern
Shorelines (ACCESS)” launch was held at the National
Oceanography Centre on the 18th
November.
The
morning event was attended by approximately 60 delegates
comprising engineers, coastal scientists, planners,
consultants and councillors.
The
following summarises the agenda and talks from the day.
Cllr Roger Elkins (Chairman of SCOPAC) opened and closed the
day’s proceedings.
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SESSION 1:
Hazard &
adaptation across the SCOPAC coastline |
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Professor Robin McInnes
- Introduction, who's been involved in the project,
rationale of the project, what is adaptation? |
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Dr
Samantha Cope
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Introduction
to "hotspots" and case studies |
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Professor Roger Moore
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Case studies: Barrier
beaches, spits and fringing barriers at risk of
breaching and erosion (Chesil beach, Hurst Spit,
Worthing, Eastoke); lowland at risk of erosion and
flooding (Poole Harbour); salmarshes at risk of erosion
(Langstone Harbour and Lymington); sand dunes (Studland)
at risk of erosion. |
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SESSION 2:
Predicting erosion and
valuing assets at risk |
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Professor Roger Moore
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Introduction to NCERM.
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Dr Samantha Cope
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Comparison of methods for predicting erosion at national
and regional level; determining properties at risk at
SMP2 and Strategy level; valuing properties at risk at
SMP2 and Strategy level.
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Professor Roger
Moore
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NCERM
outputs.
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Professor Andy Bradbury
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Conclusions and recommendations, the way ahead.
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Planning for the impacts of
coastal change: SMPs, Planning and Coastal Change Management
Areas
September 2011
A workshop on planning for the impacts of climate change was
held at the National Oceanography Centre on the 14th
September
2011.
The key aim of the workshop was to raise awareness that the
coastal erosion and flood risk areas determined through the
second round Shoreline Management Plans can often provide the
best available scientific evidence to underpin the designation
of Coastal Change Management Areas and development of planning
policies.
Twenty two different authorities were represented by coastal
engineering officers, planners and elected members, with
approximately half of the 50 attendees from Planning
Departments.
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Image
taken from the Poole & Christchurch Bays Shoreline
Management Plan (2011) |
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Presentations
from the speakers: |
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Andy Bradbury
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Director of the Channel Coastal Observatory and Coastal
Projects Manager at the New Forest District Council
Shoreline Management Plans, Planning and
Coastal Change Management Areas |
View presentation
(PowerPoint
4Mb) |
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Mike
Allgrove
- Assistant Head of Planning Services at Portsmouth City
Council
Planning and Coastal Change Management
Areas |
View presentation
(PowerPoint
80kb) |
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Andrew Colenutt
- Coastal Projects Officer at the New Forest
District Council/Channel Coastal Observatory.
Application of coastal monitoring data to
identify flood & erosion risk areas in Shoreline
Management Plans |
View presentation
(PowerPoint
24Mb) |
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Edward
Gerry
– Planning Policy Officer at the New Forest District
Council
Coastal Change Management Areas |
View presentation
(PowerPoint 2Mb)
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John O'Flynn
– Environment Agency Coastal Engineer
Communicating the risk of coastal erosion |
View presentation
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1.5Mb) |
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Emily Allison
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South East Habitat Creation Programme, Environment
Agency
The Habitat Creation Programme in the
Solent |
View presentation
(PowerPoint
17Mb) |
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 Old
Portsmouth
Field Trip
June 2011
The 2011 SCOPAC field trip for elected members and officers took us
to Old Portsmouth and focused on the measures taken to prevent
flooding of such a low lying city.
The
trip was organised to coincide with
high tide to illustrate just how low lying Old Portsmouth really
is.
Approximately 60 delegates
attended for the morning which commenced in the Spinnaker Tower
at 7.30am; after breakfast and presentations the group walked
from Gun Wharf to Old Portsmouth for tours and talks of the
flood defence scheme and local history.
Councillor Roger Elkins (Chairman of SCOPAC)
introduced the event followed by Professor Andy
Bradbury (Chairman of the Southern Coastal Group)
who provided the context of the day.
The
presentations are available to download below:
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Speakers in the
Spinnaker Tower |
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John Slater
(Head of Planning at Portsmouth City
Council) outlines the planning issues associated with
building in the Portsmouth floodzone
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Uwe Dornbusch (Regional Coastal Technical
Specialist at the Environment Agency) stood in for
Ruth Jolley (Habitat Creation Programme Manager at
the Environment Agency) and talked about European
habitat designation considerations when undertaking
flood defence schemes and links to the Regional Habitat
Creation Programme |
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Peter Murphy
(Coastal Strategy Officer at English Heritage) talked
about the requirements for considering heritage features
in coastal management |
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Speakers at Old Portsmouth |
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Matt Hosey (Senior Coastal Engineer with the Havant,
Portsmouth and Gosport Coastal Partnership) gave a
presentation and tour of the Old Portsmouth Flood
Defence Scheme |
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Katy Ball (Curator of Local
History) gave a walking tour of the local heritage at
risk of flooding in Old Portsmouth |
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SCOPAC would like to thank the
speakers for their interesting talks which helped make the event
such as success.
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Old Portsmouth Field Trip, June 2011 |
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 Rock
Groyne
Workshop
January 2011
The second
SCOPAC workshop in the series "A Problem Shared" entitled The
Design and Construction of Rock Groynes was held at the
National Oceanography Centre on 5th January.
Approximately 30 officers - coastal engineers and scientists - attended the morning
workshop, which commenced with Professor Andrew Bradbury providing
background information on the basic principles of rock groyne design.
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morning came to a close with a question and answers session, whereby
officers submitted a question together with a photo of a rock groyne they wanted
to discuss.
Presentations and
notes from the
questions
&
answers
session are available to download here:
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Presentation |
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Professor
Andrew Bradbury
introduced the Basic
Principles of Rock Groyne Design
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download
(powerpoint 7Mb) click 'read only' to open |
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Matt Hosey
from
Havant, Portsmouth and
Gosport Group gave an interesting presentation on the rock groyne schemes at Eastoke
and Old Portsmouth |
download (pdf
13Mb) |
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Dave Robson from
Borough of Poole gave another
interesting talk on the history of rock groynes in Poole |
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(pdf 9Mb) |
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Professor Andrew Bradbury then gave an informative
presentation on conventional rock design versus low cost
structures |
download
(powerpoint 10Mb) click 'read only' to open |
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Minutes, including Q&As |
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Positive
feedback suggested it was an informative morning and the majority of
attendees would be interested in any forthcoming SCOPAC workshops.
The
aim of the "A Problem Shared" workshop series is for officers to share best practice and
to assist operating authorities with basic skills development. The target
audience is both experienced engineers (to share knowledge) and those new to
or about to join the industry. |
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CIRIA Beach
Management Manual Launch
 October 2010
SCOPAC hosted
the CIRIA Beach Management Manual launch on the 15th October at
the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
The morning
was attended by approximately 50 officers, including coastal
engineers and scientists.
Speakers
included Stefan Laeger from the Environment Agency and Andy
Bradbury from New Forest District Council who summarised the key
aspects of the manual.
A special
thank you goes to the Channel Coastal Observatory who provided
the venue at no cost.
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The Beach
Management Manual can be
freely downloaded in pdf
format (chapter-by-chapter) by those registered at the CIRIA
website
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A
paperback copy (£300)
and a
CD-ROM (£150 + VAT) is also available to purchase online
from the CIRIA website.
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Hengistbury Head Field Trip
June 2010
The SCOPAC
field trip to Hengistbury Head was deemed a success by the 11
elected members and 23 officers that attended. Attendees met in
the Hiker Café mid-morning before setting out in the field for
the site visit.
Thank you to
Steve Woolard (CBC), Neil Watson (EA), Steve Wallis (DCC), Helen
Powell (Natural England) and Andy Bradbury (NFDC) for
interesting talks covering:
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the history
of the site
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Poole Bay
geomorphology and defences
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potential
breaching of Double Dykes
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archaeology
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nature
conservation
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the
influence of the Long Groyne
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Regional
Monitoring
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management
of Mudeford Spit and flooding issues.
A special
thank you goes to Dr David Harlow for suggesting Hengistbury
Head as a field trip, for his informative talks and to his team
for organising car parking permits.
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 Timber Groyne Workshop
March 2010
A SCOPAC research project entitled
Maintenance of Coastal Structures: Phase 1 - Timber Groynes
is under development
and a preliminary start was made with this workshop held at the
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
Approximately
30 officers - coastal engineers and scientists - attended the morning
event.
Detailed notes of the presentations and Q&A
session will feed directly
into the project - and can be downloaded here:
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Presentation |
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Professor
Andrew Bradbury provided background information on the origins and purpose of
timber groynes |
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Peter
Ferguson from New Forest District Council gave an
interesting presentation on the recent advances of groyne
maintenance at Milford and Calshot |
download (16Mb) |
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Dr David
Harlow from Bournemouth Borough Council gave an extremely
comprehensive talk on the history of the Bournemouth timber
groyne field |
download (11Mb) |
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Minutes, including Q&As |
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The morning
came to a close with a Q&A
session, during which the majority of officers submitted a question and photo
of a timber groyne that they wanted
to discuss.
The aim of the SCOPAC workshop series is for
officers to share
best practice and to assist operating authorities with basic
skills development. The target audience is both experienced
engineers (to share knowledge) and those new to or about to join
the industry. |
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Vice-chairperson:
to be elected at the December 2011 meeting
