Morgan & Eklund, Inc. Professional Profile
Experience Dave has experience as a project surveyor collecting and reducing hydrographic and bathymetric survey data for the following projects on the West Coast of Florida: Withlacoochee River Bridge Design – Hydrographic survey Haldeman Creek Restoration Project – Pre and post dredge bathymetric surveys & topographic surveys. SWFWMD LiDAR Groundtruthing Dekle Beach – Bathymetric survey South Ponte Vedra Shore Stabilization Feasibility Study – Onshore and offshore profiles East Naples Bay Dredging Feasibility Study – Onshore and offshore profiles Sarasota County Bridge Sites – Preconstruction bathymetric survey Bird Colony – Preconstruction survey Curry Creek – Channel Dredging Feasibility Study – Hydrographic survey Phillippi Creek – Preconstruction hydrographic survey Cedar Creek – Channel Dredging Feasibility Studies Matheny Creek – Channel Dredging Feasibility Studies Venice Monitoring Survey – Venice Inlet and Updrift Beaches – On and offshore profiles, hydrographic survey Sarasota County Shore Protection Project – Hydrographic and topographic surveys Crane Creek – Bathymetric survey and muck probes Cedar Cove – Core borings Post-Storm Monitoring Surveys in Lee and Charlotte County, FL Georgetown North and South Canals – Hillsborough County, FL – Bathymetric survey Marina Cay Club Site – Sarasota County, FL – Bathymetric survey South Creek Bayou – Sarasota County, FL – Core borings
DAVID W. COGGIN, P.S.M. Project Surveyor / Hydrographer
Registration Professional Surveyor & Mapper – FL #6359 (2002)
Years Experience With this firm: 25 years
With other firms: 6 years
Qualifications Summary Mr. Coggin is in charge of our hydrographic survey operations and has twenty-eight years of land and hydrographic surveying experience. His marine related abilities (i.e., boat handling, rigging, weather and ocean knowledge) make him a very competent project surveyor for the Morgan & Eklund, Inc. hydrographic survey team. David has been the project surveyor for land and coastal projects, including boundary and topographic surveys, establishing horizontal and vertical control, mean high water line surveys, and coastal and hydrographic surveys. Additionally, he has extensive experience with field operations for USACE coastal and hydrographic surveys in and around Port Canaveral, Ft. Pierce Inlet, St. Lucie Inlet, Palm Beach Inlet and in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. His experience with coastal and hydrographic surveys covers from New York to Florida and extends into the waters of the Caribbean and Mexico.