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Sandals Barbados: Waterfront Improvements

Overview

Baird completed designs and oversaw the construction of a waterfront improvement project for Sandals on the south coast of Barbados. The project involved numerical and physical modeling and the installation of offshore breakwaters and beach fill.

Project Highlights

Baird was responsible for the design and construction of a waterfront improvement project to improve the beaches and provide protection from consistent wave action at the Sandals Barbados resort. The project was completed in two phases. The first phase included the design and implementation of four groynes to stabilize the shoreline during storm events. The second phase involved the design and construction of two low-crested offshore breakwaters to reduce wave conditions for the beaches in the lee of the structures. Baird provided project management, planning, design, permitting and construction observation services for both phases of the project.

In order to balance the needs of the client with those of the local stakeholders (government and neighbouring private properties), the offshore structures were designed to provide a widened beach but still allow longshore sand transport.

Project features included:

Development of environmental design conditions (waves, currents and water levels)
Conceptual design of coastal structures
Numerical modelling of waves and currents
Physical modelling of coastal structure stability, nearshore wave transformations and beach morphology
Development of final designs, plans and specifications
Permitting related activities
Construction observations to monitor progress
Implementation of a beach response monitoring program including regular beach profiling

Project Challenges:

Providing adequate wave protection while allowing for sediment bypassing
Sourcing sand
Phase 1 had a very short construction window

Project Solutions:

A physical model was used to optimize the offshore breakwater configuration
Manufactured sand using crushed coral stone provided a new source of sand
Working 24 hours/day on construction to meet the project opening deadline

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