Coastal engineering projects across the Indian Ocean
This is where OceanVolts documents delivered work — the site, the challenge, the approach taken, and the outcome. Three projects below have full write-ups; the full project record lists the remaining delivered work by category.
Selected projects
Beach Frontage Cleaning & Hazard Removal, Les Salines
Les Salines, Rivière Noire, Mauritius
Beach & Dune Restoration
Hazard removal and vegetation stabilisation to make a west-coast beach frontage safe and stable.
Marine Memorial Project, Île aux Bénitiers Lagoon
Île aux Bénitiers, Mauritius
Erosion Control & Sand Retention Systems
Engineered artificial reef design, biological survey and regulatory proposal for a Marine Memorial Ground.
Grand Sable Beach Nourishment & Stabilisation — EIA
Grand Sable, Mauritius
EIA & PER Permitting
Environmental Impact Assessment built on the hydrodynamic modelling behind a JICA-led beach nourishment design.
Full project record
Fifteen projects delivered across coastal restoration, marine ecosystem work, hydrographic surveying and UK marine infrastructure. Grouped by category below; the three with full write-ups above are not repeated here.
Coastal Restoration, Nourishment & Stabilisation
Natural Beach Restoration, Private Villa — Poste Lafayette
Manual sand nourishment and soft-engineering restoration of a 35 m escarped beach frontage.
Bois des Amourettes Beach Nourishment & Stabilisation
Wave and hydrodynamics modelling for a JICA-led beach nourishment design.
Led by OceanVolts' Managing Director, Nissar Sumodhee, prior to founding the firm.
Trou aux Biches Coastal Erosion Defense Engineering
Beach-profile monitoring and sediment-transport modelling for a rock-revetment erosion defense structure.
Led by OceanVolts' Managing Director, Nissar Sumodhee, prior to founding the firm.
Beach Nourishment & Stabilisation, Jersey
Beach nourishment and stabilisation engineering, preceded by an Environmental Impact Assessment.
Led by OceanVolts' Managing Director, Nissar Sumodhee, prior to founding the firm.
Marine Ecosystem Restoration & Aquaculture
Seabased Coral Farm Development, Rivière Noire
2,000 coral fragments reintroduced via 20 culture tables in the Île aux Bénitiers Lagoon.
Ulva Lactuca Algae Culture — Open-Sea Demonstration
36 m² floating raft system demonstrating open-sea algae cultivation.
Hydrographic & Bathymetric Surveys
Multibeam Bathymetric Survey, MITSUI O.S.K. Lines Mauritius
150 km² survey for Bombora Wave Energy Converter site prospection.
Multibeam Bathymetric Survey, Fort William, Port Louis Harbour
5 km² survey for land reclamation and dredging works.
Multibeam Bathymetric Survey, Hermignonne Channel
First 3D seabed representation of one of the west coast's most iconic waterways.
Pointe d'Esny Coastal Monitoring
Beach-profile monitoring along 5 km of erosion-stressed coastline.
Led by OceanVolts' Managing Director, Nissar Sumodhee, prior to founding the firm.
Multibeam Bathymetric & Oceanographic Survey, Cowes
Combined bathymetric and oceanographic survey of Cowes Marina for channel mapping.
Led by OceanVolts' Managing Director, Nissar Sumodhee, prior to founding the firm.
UK Marine & Port Infrastructure
Dibden Bay Marina Extension, Southampton
Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed extension of Dibden Bay Marina.
Led by OceanVolts' Managing Director, Nissar Sumodhee, prior to founding the firm.
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