Coastal Engineering Co. was retained by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Fishing and Boating Access, to provide professional engineering and environmental permitting assistance for the replacement of the existing concrete boat ramp, Lake Tashmoo, Tisbury, MA. The project included environmental permitting at the local, state, and federal levels. Because the existing boat ramp is located directly adjacent to the existing timber pier at the site, the engineering design of the ramp included special design considerations to facilitate reconstruction of the ramp in the dry utilizing a temporary steel sheet pile cofferdam and temporary construction site pumpout equipment.
