MEETING CANCELLATION NOTICE – Please note that the below Beach SAMP Stakeholder Meeting has been canceled.  Reschedule date to be announced.

Beach SAMP Stakeholder Meeting
DATE: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
TIME: CANCELED
LOCATION: URI Narragansett Bay Campus, Coastal Institute Auditorium

TOPIC: How Can Coastal Engineering Contribute to Resilient Coastal Communities?

PRESENTER:  Coastal engineering can counteract some of the processes and forces attacking our shorelines and communities, but what are the practical and financial limits? Christopher P. Jones,  P.E., will speak to this question. Mr. Jones is a registered professional engineer specializing in coastal hazard identification, hazard mitigation and coastal engineering. He has over 30 years experience as a practicing engineer and has worked throughout the United States and abroad on studies and projects related to flood hazard mapping and map revisions, flood loss estimation modeling, post-disaster damage investigations, flood-resistant design and construction, building codes and standards, coastal setback studies, beach management plans, and beach nourishment.