BlueShore Engineering is a coastal and structural engineering firm serving the lower Hudson Valley, New York City, northern New Jersey, western Long Island, and Connecticut coastal communities. In planning coastal projects, a design must first avoid impacts to the environment and natural resources. If avoidance is not possible, and a compelling purpose and need for the structure can be demonstrated, then the design must minimize the potential impacts, and mitigate for any impacts that are unavoidable. Hundreds of years of engineering successes and failures demonstrate that the most natural solutions provide the greatest benefits for ours and future generations.