1. Coastway Geospatial Engineers
FP7 SLOPE Presentation
 Introduction to Coastway
 Coastway’s Expertise
 Role in the Project
 View of the Project
 Project Resources
Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014

2. Introduction to Coastway
 Founded in 1999 by Enda Nolan & Mark Hudson
 A geospatial engineering and chartered surveying company
based in Ireland and England
 Skilled geospatial engineers, geotechnical engineers, chartered
land surveyors, architects, UAV pilots, civil engineers, railway
engineers and 3D modellers
 Coastway’s experience includes large infrastructure projects
such as tunnelling, railway & motorway construction in Europe
and terrain mapping in Ireland, UK, Saudi Arabia & Jordan
Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014

3. Coastway’s Expertise
Coastway’s expertise includes:
 due diligence investigations & environmental impact
assessments on proposed wind farm sites and open cast mines
 detailed surveying & monitoring during tunnel, motorway &
railway construction
 subsurface (underground) mapping of disused coal mines in the
UK using laser scanning
 archaeological mapping of islands off the west coast of Ireland
for Notre Dame University (US)
 geo-hazard assessments using UAV’s and laser scanning
Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014

4. Coastway’s Role in the Project
 Coastway will survey the identified forests using a combination
of traditional GPS surveying & UAV technology
 captured data will be combined with laser scan data to provide a
digital terrain model (DTM), a digital canopy model (DCM) and
multi spectral imagery of the forest to identify the health of the
forest
 a digital elevation model (DEM) of the mountain to identify the
geo-hazards of deforestation will be produced
 geospatial and laser scanning data will enable the SLOPE
consortium to determine the biomass timber value
Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014

5. Coastway’s View of the Project
 the project has great commercial potential enabling forest owners
to determine product value & viability/cost of processing
 the project is perfectly suited to UAV and laser scanning
technology allowing access to vast areas of forestry on difficult
terrain
 the use of new technologies will enable identification of potential
geotechnical hazards, route planning and biomass evaluation
 the technologies will enable a global 3D map of forestry to be
created and mapping carried out regularly will enable growth
rates and forest health to be determined to ultimately provide upto-date valuation data
Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014

6. Coastway’s Resources
Enda Nolan: Director. Coastway, LEAR, Geospatial
Engineer, UAV Pilot and Liam Murphy: Chief Land
Surveyor, UAV Pilot, 3D Modeller.
Daragh de Courcy & Jason Hunter: Land Surveyors &
UAV Pilot’s
Marion English: Accountant / Financial Administrator
Blanaid McCullagh: Operations Administrator
Kick-off Meeting
8-9/jan/2014