The overtopping assessment methodology, determination of trigger levels and link to coastal monitoring are incorporated into the EA Asset Performance Tools and appendix to the CIRIA Beach Management Manual.
Coastal monitoring reporting is now using heat maps and will report survey results using the synthesis graphs.
During the project, the Hythe to Folkestone BMP was completed by Herington Consulting in 2014 using the then available data and principles.In 2017, EA commissioned Canterbury to produce the more local Minster to Sheerness and Romney Sands to St Mary’s Bay BMPs following exactly the approach and template developed for this project.
The BMPs produced represented good value for money and continue save costs. In comparison to the new BMP was only cost 2/3 (inflation adjusted) of the Minster to Sheerness BMP produced in 2011 by a consultant demonstrating early returns and benefits of the project.
Dissemination
Progress of the project was regularly reported to the Southeast and Southern Coastal Groups with the outputs being added to the website of the Southeast Coastal Group. Wider dissemination included a range of conference with the following outputs:
Dornbusch, U., Bradbury, A.P., Curtis, B., Lane, G., 2011. Beach management plans for mixed beaches: Review and ways forward, in: ICE Coastal Management Conference. Presented at the Coastal Management 2011, ICE, Belfast.
Dornbusch, U., Bradbury, A., Curtis, B., Dane, A., Pitcher, A., Polidoro, A., 2013. Design methodology and data improvements to facilitate regional gravel beach management, in: Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013 Proceedings. Presented at the ICE Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013, ICE, Edinburgh.
Polidoro, A., Dornbusch, U., Pullen, T., 2013. Improved maximum run-up formula for mixed beaches based on field data, in: Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013 Proceedings. Presented at the ICE Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013, ICE, Edinburgh.
Dane, A., Clarke, J., Dornbusch, U., 2014. Production of regional shingle sediment budgets from beach monitoring data in southeast England, in: Book of Proceedings. Presented at the 3rd IAHR Europe Congress, 14-16 April 2014, Porto – Portugal, Porto – Portugal, pp. 1–10.
Polidoro, A., Dornbusch, U., Pullen, T., 2014. Improved Maximum Run-Up Formula for Mixed Beaches Based on Field Data, in: Allsop, W., Burgess, K.A. (Eds.), From Sea to Shore – Meeting the Challenges of the Sea. ICE Publishing, pp. 389–398.
Polidoro, A., Pullen, T., Dornbusch, U., 2014. Comparison of field and laboratory measurements of wave run-up and validation of a new prediction method, in: Book of Proceedings: 5th International Conference on The Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection Coastlab14. Presented at the 5th International Conference on The Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection Coastlab14, 29/09 to 2/10 2014, International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, Varna, Bulgaria, pp. 1–10.
Stevens, A., Clarke, J., Milburn, C., Dornbusch, U., 2017. Practical guidance on the calculation of beach trigger levels and the implications for beach management. Flood and Coast 2017.