Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd.
 Scientific Research, Consultancy and Investigations

              
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Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Consultancy and Research
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Services

• geomorphological assessment of beaches, dunes, saltmarshes, mudflats, estuaries, cliffs and shingle barriers

• analysis of bathymetric and topographic survey data

• analysis and interpretation of remotely sensed topographic data (including lidar data, air photographs and satellite images)

• field monitoring of erosion/accretion rates

• sediment sampling and coring

• laboratory analysis of sediment particle size, shape, mineralogy and chemical composition

• morphological modeling and prediction of future change

• advice on habitat conservation and recreation

• report preparation

• expert witness

Example study involvement (click for a project summary)

• Sand dune processes and management for flood and coastal defence

• Geomorphological response of Welsh sand dunes to sea level rise

• Saltmarsh Management Manual

• Coastal processes and prediction of morphological change in the Dingle Marshes area, Suffolk

• The geomorphology and environmental context of the Aberdovey coastal dune system, mid-Wales

• Recent coastal changes and future management options for the Dunwich to Sizwell area, Suffolk

• Geomorphological evolution and future management options for the Titchwell area, North Norfolk

• Coastal processes and future management options for the Alde-Ore estuary, Suffolk

• Long- term changes in sea bed sediment characteristics, Liverpool Bay

• Soft cliff erosion in the Mersey Estuary, UK

• Intertidal sediment survey of the Sefton coast

• Intertidal sediment survey of the Wirral coast

• Morphological and bathymetric changes and their causes in Essex estuaries

• Assessment of beach nourishment in Lincolnshire, UK

• Morphological and bathymetric changes and their causes in the Mersey Estuary

• Intertidal habitat development on managed retreat sites in Essex, UK

• Sediment fingerprinting and tracer studies on the Denmark coast

• Saltmarsh erosion in south-east England

• Application of ground-penetrating radar to assess coastal sedimentary structures

• Assessment of sand winning in the Ribble Estuary

• DEFRA / Environment Agency Estuaries Research Programme Phase 1 and Uptake Project

     
Accreting sand dunes on the Sefton Coast, NW England      Eroding sand dunes on the Sefton coast, NW England

     
Abbotts Hall managed retreat site in Essex, SE England          Beach nourishment in Lincolnshire, eastern England

     
     Monitoring the internal structure of shell cheniers on the Essex
     coast, SE England, using ground-penetrating radar.

Cliff erosion on the Holderness
coast, Eastern England

    
Section through recent saltmarsh deposits, northern               Digital terrain model for part of Salcott Creek (River 
Solway Firth                                                                         Blackwater, Essex), generated from lidar data.

Clients

Local authorities
Nature conservation bodies (e.g. CCW, RSPB)
Environment Agency
DEFRA
Golf Clubs
Harbour authorities
Land managers and surveyors
Private companies
Other environmental and engineering consultants

Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd. - Environmental Consultants
Page last modified: July 11, 2007