Seaside Engineering & Surveying, LLC (SEAS) has extensive experience performing hydrographic surveys and is recognized nationally as a leader in Hydrographic Surveying. SEAS specializes in singlebeam, multibeam and side scan sonar surveys. Our crews have worked on almost every major navigable inland waterway, many coastal waterways, lakes and nearshore coastal projects.
Hydrographic Survey Types:
Our hydrographic experience includes:
- Navigation Channel Condition Surveys for USACE Electronic Nautical Charting,
- Dredge Payment,
- Pipeline Construction,
- Emergency Harbor Clearance (Post Hurricane),
- Dam & Bridge Scouring,
- Hydroelectric Power Plant Construction and FERC Monitoring,
- Revetment Construction MS River BC and Memphis Bank Grading Unit
- Coastal Engineering (Beach Restoration Renourishment)
- Offshore Archeological Clearance
- Sedimentation Monitoring
Hydrographic Survey Vessels:
SEAS owns and operates five fully automated hydrographic survey vessels ranging from 28 feet to 17 feet (all meet U.S.C.G. Commercial Vessel Safety requirements) and one jet ski.
- SEAS James L Barton – 28’ vessel with twin Yamaha 200hp engines
- SEAS Vesper- 25′ vessel (LOA) with twin Yamaha 150 hp engines
- SEAS Renatus – 25’ vessel with twin Yamaha 115 hp engines
- SEAS Emanuel – 22’ vessel with twin Yamaha 115 engines
- SEAS ITALL – 22’ vessel with twin Yamaha 115 engines
- SEAS Como Nada- 19′ Cuddy Cabin with Yamaha 90hp engine
- SEAS Tracker – 17’ vessel with Yamaha 40hp engine
- SEAS Z-boat
Hydrographic Survey Equipment:
SEAS owns the latest technology in hydrographic survey equipment.
- 5 Odom CV-100 singlebeam systems with dual frequency transducers
- 3 multibeam systems (RESON 7125 & R2 Sonic DH2020)
- 4 Applanix POS MV GNSS/IMU Positioning/Orientation Systems
- 2 Precise RTK Heading/Positioning GNSS Receivers (Trimble SPS461 & BX892)
- 5 Odom Digibar Pro/S Sound Velocity Profilers
- 2 Dynamic Motion Sensors (DMS) (TSS DMS-10 & DMS-25)
- 8 HYPACK Survey licenses
Hydrographic Survey Personnel:
SEAS personnel are very familiar with Horizontal and Vertical Reference Datums, position and depth accuracy, bottom coverage density requirements, and the procedures for attaining those requirements as set forth in the Engineering Survey Manual. SEAS Hydrographic Project Manager, John Gustin has 30+ years hydrographic survey experience, seeing the evolution of hydrographic survey systems from Tag Line/Lead Line to RTK GNSS/Multibeam. Mr. Gustin is Florida licensed Professional Surveyor and Mapper (PSM) and a US Coast Guard licensed Captain. SEAS has 4 hydrographic survey Crew Chiefs all of which are US Coast Guard licensed Captains. All of SEAS hydrographic survey Crew Chiefs are also efficient in Control Surveys and singlebeam and multibeam hydrographic data processing with Hypack.
Hydrographic Survey Projects:
SEAS has been a prime contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) since 2002 and has performed hydrographic surveys critical to safe navigation on many of the nation’s primary waterways and dam safety on over 50 locks and dams. These surveys have been Special Order, Order 1 and Order 2 as defined in the USACE “Engineering and Design Hydrographic Surveying Manual EM 1110-2-1003. SEAS has completed projects for the following USACE Districts:
- Chicago District
- Huntington District
- Jacksonville District
- Kansas City District
- Little Rock District
- Louisville District
- Memphis District
- Mobile District
- New Orleans District
- Nashville District
- Pittsburgh District
- Rock Island District
- St. Louis District
- St. Paul District
- Tulsa District
- Vicksburg District