Econcrete staten island living shoreline

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staten island living shoreline
new concepts in shoreline protection

1. WE BRING CONCRETE TO LIFE
ELEVATE ANY MARINE
INFRASTRUCTURE
www.econcretetech.com

2. THE ONLY NATURE-POSITIVE CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY
THAT FULLY COMPLIES WITH MARINE CONSTRUCTION
STANDARDS WHILE PROVIDING BIODIVERSITY AT SCALE
OFFSHORE
WIND
SUBSEA
CABLE PROTECTION
COASTAL
PROTECTION
PORTS &
MARINAS
ECONCRETE

3. Multidisciplinary
Team US/EU/UK/IL
2012
Established
40+
Projects
9
Seas
13
Countries
Global Validation

4. Perkol-Finkel, Shimrit, and SELLA, Ido (2014) "Ecologically
active concrete for coastal and marine infrastructure:
innovative matrices and designs.“ ICE publishing, 2014.
Sella, Ido, and PERKOL-FINKEL, Shimrit (2015)"Blue is the
new green-Ecological enhancement of concrete based
coastal and marine infrastructure." Ecological Engineering 84.
260-272. Elsevier, 2015.
Sella, Ido (2022), et al.“Design, production, and validation of the
biological and structural performance of an ecologically
engineered concrete block mattress: A Nature‐Inclusive Design
for shoreline and offshore construction”. Integrated
environmental assessment and management 18.1: 148-162. 2022.
LEADING IN SCIENCE
CONTROL | ECONCRETE
1 YEAR PORT INSTALLATION
10+ peer reviewed papers since 2012
Leading in applied science for
maritime concrete construction
Collaboration with leading universities
and institutes worldwide

5. Environmental
Benefits
Natural carbon sink
Significantly increase biodiversity
& percentage of live cover
Significantly reduce
invasive species
Recruit more inorganic biomass
CO
2
Significantly increase water quality
Increase species richness &
abundance

6. Structural
Performance
ECOncrete’sadmixture
increases the concrete’s
compressive strength by
up to 10%
10%
Prevent chloride penetration
and carbonation
Reduce sensitivity to
corrosion and erosion
The bio-protectionprovides an
extra layer that reduces erosion
and increases durability
(augmented lifespan)
Mediterranean Sea 4 Years Post
Deployment

7. +
+
Material composition
Enhance biological
recruitment
Surface complexity
Supports marine life
settlement
Nature-inclusive design
Facilitates growth
and survival
Bio-enhancing Concrete Technology
Nature-Based and Nature-InclusiveDesign

8. Technology Licensing: ECOncrete Design
Examples of eco-engineered units tailored for diverse applications
Armor Block Unit Tide Pool Armor Coastalock Armor Unit
Ecological Scour Protection Wet Cast Marine Mattress Dry Cast Marine Mattress Azouri Seawall
Mangrove Seawall

9. Ecological breakwater
Self-mitigating
Habitat creation
Coastline Protection
Multiple award-winning
Flagship project
Living Breakwaters
Tottenville, Staten Island, NY, USA UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BUDGET:
107 million USD
MITIGATION COSTS:
18 million USD
MITIGATION COSTS AFTER ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING :
~80% lower

10. Tottenville, Staten Island, NYC, USA 2021 –2024
Source: NY State Homes and Community Renewal Construction Update
“Living Breakwaters. A visionary green infrastructure project off the shore in NYC”
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
FUNDING:
2023 WINNER
Technology for the Post-Hurricane Sandy
Living Breakwaters Project

11. April 2022
FUNDING:
Living Breakwaters
Technology for the Post-Hurricane Sandy Living Breakwaters Project
Tottenville, Staten Island, NYC, USA2021 –2024
OBEL AWARD 2023 WINNERUNDER CONSTRUCTION
“Living Breakwaters. A visionary green infrastructure project off the shore in NYC”

12. UNDER CONSTRUCTION
FUNDING:
2023 WINNER
©
SCAPE
Tottenville, Staten Island, NYC, USA2021 –2024
“Living Breakwaters. A visionary green infrastructure project off the shore in NYC”
Technology for the Post-Hurricane Sandy
Living Breakwaters Project

13. Billion Oyster Project NY
Living Breakwaters
Technology for the Post-Hurricane Sandy Living Breakwaters Project
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
2021 -2024 Tottenville, Staten Island, NYC, USA

14. July & August 2023
Source: NY State Homes and Community Renewal
Construction Update
“Living Breakwaters. A visionary green infrastructure project off the shore in NYC”

15. Stabilizing a Highly Eroded Shoreline Along a
Community Waterfront
2021 Shark River Island, Neptune City, NJ, USA
COMPLETED
Installation

17. Average Organic Weight (Neptune)
Average Inorganic Weight [gr/m 2](Neptune)
Ecological Monitoring
(Sella et al., 2021)

18. Three weeks post installation

19. 2021 Shark River Island, Neptune City, NJ, USA
COMPLETED
Monitoring 20 months
Stabilizing a Highly Eroded Shoreline Along a
Community Waterfront

20. Eco-Engineered Revetment
San Diego Port, USA
1
st
Ecologically designed Single layer
interlocking armor unit(Coastalock)
Seamless integration
Marine habitat creation
A W A R D S :
Overhangs
Tide pools
Caves
COMPLETED

21. Natural Tide-Pool ECOncrete TIDE POOL
(2012/13)
COASTALOCK
(2021)
Nature inspired eco-engineered solution for resilient revetments
Coastalock
Eco-engineered single layer
interlocking armor unit
Designed for inter-tidal and
submerged areas of revetments
and breakwaters
Multiple orientations:
Tidepools Overhangs Caves

22. BIOLOGICAL MONITORING
DEPLOYMENT (March 2021)

23. DEPLOYMENT (March 2021)
San Diego (USA)
2 MONTHS POST DEPLOYMENT (May 2021)

24. Ulva
californica
Mytilus sp.
(Bivalve)
Codium fragile
Ulva californica
(Green Algae)
Sargassum muticum
(Brown Algae)
Mastocarpuspapillatus
(Red Algae)
Spirorbissp. (Polychaeta)
Asparagopsisarmata
(Red Algae)
Panulirusinterruptus (Crustacean)Littorina spp.
(Gastropod)
5 MONTHS POST DEPLOYMENT (August 2021. 34 species identified)
Codium fragile
(Green Algae)
Mastocarpuspapillatus
(Red Algae)
Asparagopsisarmata

25. •SUPERIOR ROWS
Intertidal area
Green and Brown algae
Invertebrates: gastropodes &
crustaceans
Orientationcavityupwards
(TidePool)
It serves as habitat for juvenilefish
•INFERIOR ROWS
Subtidalarea
Local Oysters
Shadow areas
Orientationcavitysidewards
Cave entry (exposure to sun):
Coralline algae
15 MONTHS POST DEPLOYMENT
( May 2022. 56 species identified)
BIOLOGICAL MONITORING

26. Existing load bearing timber
piles →Reinforced concrete
strengthening
Tide Pools
Recreating coastal ecosystem
Waterfront Regeneration
Brooklyn Bridge Park, NY, USA
COMPLETED

27. FUNDING:
©
Barrett Doherty
Manhattan’s First Public Beachfront
Ecological Enhancement With ECOncrete Technology Seamlessly Integrated
Gansevoort Peninsula Waterfront, Manhattan, NYC, USA2019 –2023
COMPLETED

28. Tide Pools
Armor Blocks
Existing Pier Steel Piles→
East Side Coastal Resiliency
NY, USA
South Embayment
North
Embayment
Unitsproduction
Pile encapsulation
ECOncreteunits
Grout
Existing
steel pile
Scope of Work
Intertidal and
submergedareas
at the embayments
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Prefab. Reinforced
encapsulations

29. Pier Piles
Reinforced Seawall
Reinforced Terraces
Recreating coastal ecosystem
South Battery Park (SBP)
NY, USA UNDER CONSTRUCTION

30. www.econcretetech.com
WE BRING CONCRETE TO LIFE
ELEVATE ANY MARINE
INFRASTRUCTURE