Operationalizing Engineering with Nature - Regional Sediment Management Principles and Practices into Operations and Maintenance Dredging Beneficial Use Project Management
Abstract
This document summarizes an effort to begin the process of operationalizing the application of Engineering With Nature (EWN) and Regional Sediment Management (RSM) principles and practices in Federal navigation channel Operations and Maintenance (O&M) dredging beneficial use project management. The ultimate goal of this effort was to develop a model that could be used to inform development of a Project Management Plan (PMP) and/or a Project Planning Management Information System (P2) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) template(s), as appropriate, for use by Project Managers across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). This effort was sponsored by the USACE RSM and Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER) Programs. The work was performed in support of the effort to attain benefit to the Nation via EWN and RSM practices. In the last decade, the USACE Navigation Program has dredged at least 200 million cubic yards (MCY) of material each year from the Nation s ports, harbors, and waterways. Of those dredged amounts, an average of 75% of the material has been from projects in an O&M status (USACE Navigation Data Center (NDC) 2012). Therefore, on an average annual basis, over 150 MCY of dredged sediments are potentially available as a resource to the nation from O&M dredging activities for developing environmental, economic, and social value through beneficial use projects. The term EWN is defined as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaborative processes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA588083
Entities
People
- Cynthia J. Banks
- Jennifer M. Smith
Organizations
- United States Army Corps of Engineers