We are a coastal engineering firm located in Jacksonville, Florida specializing in the study, design, permitting and management of projects located in coastal, insular, and estuarine environments. The firm's general practice is focused upon beach restoration works, navigation projects, and coastal construction regulation. Our principal experience is noted across the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America. Our professional staff is recognized internationally for their contributions to technical literature and coastal engineering design manuals.

    Olsen Associates, Inc. is widely regarded for the challenging coastal projects it has taken on as well as for the innovative and successful solutions it has introduced to coastal engineering practice.  Among these are included the first full-scale use of imported aragonite sand for beach nourishment in the United States; unique application of tuned coastal structures for shoreline stabilization; comprehensive planning and implementation of measures to minimize sand losses to ocean inlets; mathematical modeling of shoreline changes and storm protection for oceanfront development; analysis of set-back policies for oceanfront development; and the world's first large-scale structural rehabilitation of coral reefs damaged by vessel groundings.  Further, the successful record of the firm's principals in witness testimony and regulatory permitting relating to marine projects is unparalleled.

    Olsen Associates, Inc. was established in 1982 by its President and Principal Engineer, Erik J. Olsen, P.E.  The firm's management includes its Vice-President and Senior Engineer, Kevin R. Bodge, PH.D., P.E. and additional staff engineers each with graduate degrees in coastal and oceanographic engineering, complemented by state-of-the-art CADD facilities.  The firm's philosophy is to focus strictly upon engineering problems in the coastal and nearshore environment in order to provide for its clients the most highly-developed expertise in these areas.  Toward accomplishment of this goal, the firm strives to combine its staff's extensive experience in traditional engineering practice with leading-edge academic theory.