Events 2011 & 2012 / Events 2010

Events

Past events

• Toe Structure Workshop, Dec 2011

• ACCESS Project Launch, Nov 2011

• Planning for the Impacts of Coastal Change Workshop, Sept 2011

• Portsmouth Field Trip, June 2011

• Preparing a Business Case Workshop, May 2011

• Rock Groyne Workshop, Jan 2011

• Events 2010 (listed on a separate page)

Toe Structure Workshop 16th December 2011 HR Wallingford are currently undertaking a study on behalf of the Environment Agency to document best practice for the management of toe scour at coastal structures.   A workshop was held at the National Oceanography Centre on the 16th December to collate local engineering experience.  Given that most beach managers are maintaining 50 year old structures rather than building new structures, the workshop was extremely useful at providing examples of toe scour and maintenance strategies for repairing the damage.  Any new guidance will benefit from these practical examples.   Professor Andy Bradbury - Coast Structure Toe Management download (4Mb) Peter Ferguson, New Forest District Council - Case Study: Milford Seawall Repairs download (38Mb) David Lowsley, Chichester District Council - Case Study: West Beach Selsey Seawall Failure & Recovery download (5Mb) Minutes download (60kb)

ACCESS Project Launch 18th November 2011 The SCOPAC “Adapting to Coastal Change Along England’s Southern Shorelines (ACCESS)” launch was held at the National Oceanography Centre on the 18th November.  The morning event was attended by approximately 60 delegates comprising engineers, coastal scientists, planners, consultants and councillors. The following summarises the agenda and talks from the day.  Cllr Roger Elkins (Chairman of SCOPAC) opened and closed the day’s proceedings. SESSION 1: Hazard & adaptation across the SCOPAC coastline Professor Robin McInnes - Introduction, who's been involved in the project, rationale of the project, what is adaptation? download (13Mb) Dr Samantha Cope - Introduction to "hotspots" and case studies download (11Mb) Professor Roger Moore - Case studies: Barrier beaches, spits and fringing barriers at risk of breaching and erosion (Chesil beach, Hurst Spit, Worthing, Eastoke); lowland at risk of erosion and flooding (Poole Harbour); salmarshes at risk of erosion (Langstone Harbour and Lymington); sand dunes (Studland) at risk of erosion. download (3Mb) SESSION 2: Predicting erosion and valuing assets at risk   Professor Roger Moore – Introduction to NCERM. download (350kb) Dr Samantha Cope – Comparison of methods for predicting erosion at national and regional level; determining properties at risk at SMP2 and Strategy level; valuing properties at risk at SMP2 and Strategy level. download (11Mb) Professor Roger Moore – NCERM outputs. download (1Mb) Professor Andy Bradbury – Conclusions and recommendations, the way ahead. download (5Mb)

Planning for the impacts of coastal change: SMPs, Planning and Coastal Change Management Areas 14th September 2011 A workshop on planning for the impacts of climate change was held at the National Oceanography Centre on the 14th September 2011.  The key aim of the workshop was to raise awareness that the coastal erosion and flood risk areas determined through the second round Shoreline Management Plans can often provide the best available scientific evidence to underpin the designation of Coastal Change Management Areas and development of planning policies. Twenty two different authorities were represented by coastal engineering officers, planners and elected members, with approximately half of the 50 attendees from Planning Departments. A summary of the discussion session is available to download (PDF, 80kb)

Image taken from the Poole & Christchurch Bays Shoreline Management Plan (2011)

Presentations from the speakers: Andy Bradbury - Director of the Channel Coastal Observatory and Coastal Projects Manager at the New Forest District Council Shoreline Management Plans, Planning and Coastal Change Management Areas View presentation (PowerPoint 4Mb) Mike Allgrove - Assistant Head of Planning Services at Portsmouth City Council Planning and Coastal Change Management Areas View presentation (PowerPoint 80kb) Andrew Colenutt - Coastal Projects Officer at the New Forest District Council/Channel Coastal Observatory. Application of coastal monitoring data to identify flood & erosion risk areas in Shoreline Management Plans View presentation (PowerPoint 24Mb) Edward Gerry – Planning Policy Officer at the New Forest District Council Coastal Change Management Areas View presentation (PowerPoint 2Mb) John O'Flynn – Environment Agency Coastal Engineer Communicating the risk of coastal erosion View presentation (PowerPoint 1.5Mb) Emily Allison – South East Habitat Creation Programme, Environment Agency The Habitat Creation Programme in the Solent View presentation (PowerPoint 17Mb)

Old Portsmouth Field Trip

14th June 2011

The 2011 SCOPAC field trip for elected members and officers took us to Old Portsmouth and focused on the measures taken to prevent flooding of such a low lying city.

The trip was organised to coincide with high tide to illustrate just how low lying Old Portsmouth really is.

Approximately 60 delegates attended for the morning which commenced in the Spinnaker Tower at 7.30am; after breakfast and presentations the group walked from Gun Wharf to Old Portsmouth for tours and talks of the flood defence scheme and local history.

Councillor Roger Elkins (Chairman of SCOPAC) introduced the event followed by Professor Andy Bradbury (Chairman of the Southern Coastal Group) who provided the context of the day.

The presentations are available to download below:

Speakers in the Spinnaker Tower
John Slater (Head of Planning at Portsmouth City Council) outlines the planning issues associated with building in the Portsmouth floodzone	download (3Mb)
Uwe Dornbusch (Regional Coastal Technical Specialist at the Environment Agency) stood in for Ruth Jolley (Habitat Creation Programme Manager at the Environment Agency) and talked about European habitat designation considerations when undertaking flood defence schemes and links to the Regional Habitat Creation Programme	download (1Mb)
Peter Murphy (Coastal Strategy Officer at English Heritage) talked about the requirements for considering heritage features in coastal management	download (1.3Mb)
Speakers at Old Portsmouth
Matt Hosey (Senior Coastal Engineer with the Havant, Portsmouth and Gosport Coastal Partnership) gave a presentation and tour of the Old Portsmouth Flood Defence Scheme	download (3.6Mb)

Katy Ball (Curator of Local History) gave a walking tour of the local heritage at risk of flooding in Old Portsmouth

SCOPAC would like to thank the speakers for their interesting talks which helped make the event such as success.

Old Portsmouth Field Trip, June 2011

Preparing a Business Case Workshop

12th May 2011

A Preparing a Business Case workshop was held at the National Oceanography Centre on 12th May.  The aim of this workshop was to present guidance to assist officers in preparing an application to the Environment Agency's Large Project Review Group (LPRG).

The workshop, which was run by Alastair Pitcher from the EA and hosted by the Channel Coastal Observatory, was attended by 15 Southern Coastal Group officers.

Rock Groyne Workshop

5th January 2011

The second SCOPAC workshop in the series "A Problem Shared" entitled The Design and Construction of Rock Groynes was held at the National Oceanography Centre on 5th January.

Approximately 30 officers - coastal engineers and scientists - attended the morning workshop, which commenced with Professor Andrew Bradbury providing background information on the basic principles of rock groyne design.

Detailed notes of the presentations and questions and answers session are available to download here:

Presentation		/
Professor Andrew Bradbury introduced the Basic Principles of Rock Groyne Design	download (powerpoint 7Mb) click 'read only' to open
Matt Hosey from Havant, Portsmouth and Gosport Group gave an interesting presentation on the rock groyne schemes at Eastoke and Old Portsmouth	download (pdf 13Mb)
Dave Robson from Borough of Poole gave another interesting talk on the history of rock groynes in Poole	download (pdf 9Mb)
Professor Andrew Bradbury then gave an informative presentation on conventional rock design versus low cost structures	download (powerpoint 10Mb) click 'read only' to open
Minutes, including Q&As	download (pdf 1.2Mb)

The morning came to a close with a question and answers session, whereby attendees submitted a question and photo of a rock groyne which they wanted to discuss.

Positive feedback suggested it was an informative morning and the majority of attendees expressed interest in any forthcoming SCOPAC workshops.

The aim of the "A Problem Shared" workshop series is for officers to share best practice and to assist operating authorities with basic skills development. The target audience is both experienced engineers (to share knowledge) and those new to or about to join the industry.