Technical Assistance Directory
Engineering Design & Techniques
DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP
- Environmental services with an emphasis on: Natural resources analyses; Coastal resilience planning; Forest, wetland, and stream habitat restoration; Wetland and riparian zone mitigation; Living shoreline designs; Wetlands, flood hazard area, and coastal permitting; Endangered and threatened species studies and habitat management plans; Aquatic and marine surveys; Tree surveys; Invasive species management; Stormwater management and BMP inspections; Construction monitoring and permit compliance
Contact
Damian Holynskyj
201-259-7349
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
ECONCRETE INC.
- Services to maximize projects’ biological productivity, ecological efficiency, and structural performance.
- Works with developers, authorities, contractors, landscape architects, engineers and ecologists dealing with both structural and ecological challenges associated with urban and coastal development projects, from initial planning stages, through design, product selection, construction supervision, and up to project monitoring.
Contact
Dr. Andrew Rella
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- ECOncrete - This is how we save the ocean!
- ECOncrete Case Studies
- ECOncrete Product Pages
- ECOncrete Technical Pages
FEMA REGION II
- Assistance to communities to become more resilient, be better prepared, advance preventative mitigation, recover from disasters, and adapt to changing hazards.
- Publications to assist with planning, understanding risks, and understanding techniques to lessen losses.
- Programs that help make communities safer and rebound quicker and more completely after an event.
Contact
Deborah Costa (Preparedness)
202-257-6645
John A. Miller, P.E., CFM (Mitigation)
202-957-4171
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- Plan Ahead for Disasters | Ready.gov
- Guides to Expanding Mitigation | FEMA.gov
- Hazard Mitigation Planning | FEMA.gov
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center | Welcome!
- Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants | FEMA.gov
- Mitigation Funding Resource Guides | FEMA.gov
- Building Science | FEMA.gov
GREENVEST, LLC
- Entrepreneurial, land-based, resilience and restoration practitioner focused on developing ecological assets.
- Delivers fixed-price, resilient, nature-based solutions through science and engineering that establishes sustainable end points to restore, maintain, and preserve ecosystem services.
- Leverages regulatory requirements to secure funding to complete meaningful restoration and water quality improvement projects.
- Elevates local communities by implementing positive and resilient environmental change that generates sustainable socio-economic benefits.
Contact
Brian Cramer
732-902-6644 x201
Region(s) Served
Statewide
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY URBAN COAST INSTITUTE
- Guidance, advice, and technical support to communities on science-based resilience decision making, policy, vulnerability assessments, and resilience project planning and design.
Contact
Tom Herrington
732-263-5588
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- UCI Community Resilience and Climate Adaptation Resources
- NJ Sea Grant Consortium Resilient Communities and Economies Specialist
- NJ Sea Grant Consortium Resilient Communities Resources
- UCI Mission and Staff
NJ SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM
- Affiliation of colleges, universities, and other groups dedicated to advancing knowledge and stewardship of NJ’s marine and coastal environment.
- Mission is to promote the wise use of NJ’s marine and coastal resources through innovative research, education, and outreach programs.
- Broad spectrum of specialists and extension agents to assist communities in meeting their coastal resilience goals.
- Assistance with economic coastal resilience issues including the development of shellfish aquaculture and marine industries (marinas, bait and tackles).
Contact
Pete Rowe
Region(s) Served
Statewide
NOAA NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER
- Technical advice to communities looking to build on their resiliency efforts.
Contact
Carl Alderson
732-371-0848
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY
- Technical advising, design, and monitoring services for nature-based approaches to shoreline stabilization and ecological enhancement, including identifying site-specific issues and trajectories and developing goal-based monitoring plans to evaluate progress towards goals.
- Spatial and strategic planning tools to guide environmental conservation and restoration investments aimed at coastal wetlands, shellfish beds and submerged plant communities. Scientific datasets to understand where and how to promote key ecosystem services.
- Development of ecological development plans for habitat and community mosaics.
Contact
Joshua Moody
302-655-4990 x115
Region(s) Served
Delaware River and Bay; Atlantic coastal communities
Resources
RIPPLED WATERS ENGINEERING, LLC
- Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in support of floodplain delineation and modification requests.
- Living shoreline design for private and public sector clients in the form of engineering analysis, design plans, permitting, and construction support.
Contact
Mary Paist-Goldman
732-735-3440
Region(s) Served
Statewide
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Technical assistance on a range of coastal engineering topics including: Coastal flooding; Rip currents; Beach erosion; Living shorelines; Coastal structures; Sustainability management; Green infrastructure, and more.
Contact
Jon Miller
201-216-8591
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources