Featured Project: Beach Nourishment on West Galveston Island

APOLLO^® completed the field implementation portion of this beach nourishment project for the Texas General Land Office (GLO). APOLLO^®'s field services team provided project management and field implementation including the following activities:

Development of Construction Plans for work to be performed
Implementation of Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan
Excavation, transportation and placement of approx. 240,000 cubic yards of sand to help reestablish the eroded beach
Grading of sand to a specified elevation, utilizing laser surveying equipment, for over 6.5 miles of beach
Conducted quality control testing for borrow source material, including sieve tests and color testing to match existing beach
Managed over 26,000 loads of material for delivery to the beach
Worked with Engineer to develop a plan to carefully place sand without disturbing beachfront homes