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Beyond Rocks and Revetments: Innovative Structures for Coastal Resilience

Includes a Live Web Event on 2026/02/12 at 1:00 PM (MST)

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Beyond Rocks and Revetments: Innovative Structures for Coastal Resilience

     

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Chris Bogdan I Shoreline Protection Product Manager

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 1 hour

Type of Course: Webinar - Live

Date: 12th February 2026, 1:00PM MT (USA) | 13th February 2026, 7:00AM Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Large rocks and seawalls are typically used in coastal applications to protect shorelines and prevent erosion. These solutions appear to be strong on the surface given their size and weight, but they can promote erosion in certain scenarios and disrupt the marine environment. The presentation is intended to provide information about living shorelines and the benefits they offer over traditional gray infrastructure solutions.

This presentation will highlight living shoreline installations where an innovative product was used over conventional materials due to site constraints and ecological restoration goals. These products are designed to enhance the performance of wave breaks and sills that are currently being constructed with large rocks. Each installation will outline project objectives, design parameters, and installation approaches.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Attendees should be able to define what a living shoreline is. 
  • They should be able to explain the functional design of a break water to reduce wave energy and coastal erosion. 
  • Attendees will learn there are manufactured options to replace large rocks in breakwater applications along with how these options function.

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Chris Bogdan

National Business Development Manager

Ferguson Waterworks

Chris Bogdan is the Manager of the shoreline protection solutions offered by Ferguson Waterworks. Born and raised in Florida, Chris is passionate about protecting water and coastal resources. Over the past five years, Chris has worked on green infrastructure projects throughout the Southern United States to reduce flooding and protect water quality. Today, Chris is focused on helping coastal engineers, landscape architects, municipalities, and landowners protect coastal shorelines by implementing living shoreline solutions. Chris also provides field support to the contractors installing the living shoreline solutions Ferguson Waterworks offers.  

This event is worth one (1) Professional Development Hours.

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