Coastal, Marine, and Great Lakes Ecosystems
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Shoreline Protection at Jean Lafitte National Historic
Protecting and restoring submerged aquatic vegetation
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Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Restoration
Finding resilience in the face of disaster
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Marine Arctic Ecosystem Study
Bringing our best technology to marine studies
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Protecting our coastal ecology
Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface consists of water. Our oceans consist of 97% of all the water on Earth and 99% of the planet’s habitable space. Not including our inland waterways and Great Lakes, there’s an estimated 620,000 kilometres (372,000 miles) of coastline. Over one-third of the total human population, nearly 2.4 billion people, lives within 100 kilometres (62 miles) of the ocean.
Our coastal, marine, and freshwater scientists and engineers work globally on projects that range from research, assessment, and mitigation in our deep oceans to restoring important coastal and marine habitats. They develop sustainable and resilient solutions for the communities that depend upon our shorelines, oceans, reefs, and inland water resources.
Leveraging coastal and marine resources while maintaining the integrity of their ecology and long-term protection is a delicate balance. Stantec’s skill and experience in marine and coastal services includes research, permitting, assessment, monitoring, mitigation, cultural resources, and innovative technology. We leverage the skills of our internal staff nationally and globally, and we seamlessly work with our partners in academia, government agencies, and other companies to build solutions that deliver thoughtful, effective, and innovative results. We assess, we design, we protect, we restore.
A thorough understanding of international, federal, state/provincial, and local regulatory frameworks that guide the protection of coastal and marine systems—including cultural and archeological resources—results in solutions that are effective and realistic. This accelerates the approvals and the implementation process. We work closely and collaboratively with our regulatory agency project partners to develop compliant and appropriate approaches, which meet the expectations of our clients while maintaining the integrity of critical coastal and marine ecosystems.
Creating natural solutions
A thorough understanding of our coastal, marine, and freshwater ecosystems allows for innovative and sustainable solutions. Where possible, we strive to implement living shoreline solutions—a green infrastructure technique that incorporates native vegetation with other structural and organic materials. This is often more resilient than hard shoreline solutions and provides many benefits such as improvement to water quality, habitat creation, and physical protection for both aquatic and terrestrial species from waves and storms.Expert Spotlight
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Carl Ferraro
Senior Environmental Scientist
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Paul Carroll
Senior Coastal Engineer
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Todd DeMunda
Associate, Senior Coastal Engineer
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Josh Running
Associate, Senior Environmental Planner
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Dominic Kempson
Vice President, Sector Leader, Environmental Services, US Federal
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Bernadette Bezy
Principal
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Dr. Francis Wiese
Senior Principal, National Marine Discipline Lead
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Marc Skinner, PhD.
Discipline Leader, Environmental Services
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Raymond F. Dennis III
Associate, Senior Project Manager
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Mike Burton
Principal, Environmental Services
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Ryan Waldron
Coastal Engineer
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Matthew Starr
Associate, Southeast Coastal Team Lead
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Jeff Tabar, PE, D.CE
Senior Associate, Senior Coastal Engineer
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John Crowther
Principal
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Jon Gustafson
Senior Principal
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