SEAHIVE - Sustainable Estuarine and Marine Revetment

Traditional shoreline protection structures like seawalls do not dissipate wave energy. They reflect waves creating more turbulent conditions which make sites and their surroundings more susceptible to damage. Moreover, they typically do not provide a hospitable environment for biodiversity.

The TRB IDEA (Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis) Program's NCHRP IDEA Final Report for Project 213: SEAHIVE - Sustainable Estuarine and Marine Revetment details the engineered marine and estuarine protection system, which is located in Florida, dissipates wave energy, and creates habitat. The geometry of the system mimics nature providing passage to water dissipating energy within the structure.