A 3-D numerical model has been developed to study the hydrodynamics, sediment transport and water quality in the Gowanus Canal using Delft3D. This model is being applied to support Remedial Design at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in the New York Harbor.
Baird is studying flow, sediment and contaminant transport processes in an industrial shipping canal in Brooklyn, NY. This multi-disciplinary project includes evaluating the effects of combined sewer overflows, overland flow and storm sewer discharges to the Canal over several decades. A 3-D numerical model has been developed to study the hydrodynamic, sediment transport and water quality processes in the Canal using the Delft3D model suite. This model includes several hundred commercial vessel trips in the Canal, and their impacts on flow and sediment remobilization from propeller wash. This model has been extensively calibrated and validated to several years of field observations with respect to flow and bathymetric change in the Canal. The model is being used to understand the past, present and future sediment dynamics as input to the Superfund feasibility study and remedial design.
Whiting, IN, USA
An assessment of storm damage to a rubble mound revetment protecting a park in Whiting, IN, along with the design and construction of emergency repair works and preliminary design development for comprehensive rehabilitation works for the structure.
Lake Nipigon, ON, Canada
Baird was retained to complete the planning, design and construction services to protect 1,400 metres of eroding shoreline on Whitesand First Nation traditional land, located on the north shore of Lake Nipigon. The design consisted of an armour stone revetment and slope stabilization.
