1 Introduction 



Background 



The Monitoring Completed Coastal Projects (MCCP)' Program was 

 established in 1981 by Headquarters, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers 

 (HQUSACE) to evaluate the performance of the Corps in planning, design, 

 construction, and operation and maintenance of selected Civil Works coastal 

 projects. The MCCP is funded by the Construction, Operations, and Readiness 

 Division of HQUSACE and managed by the U. S. Army Engineer Watenvays 

 Experiment Station (WES) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), formerly 

 the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC)^. Oversight and assistance 

 are provided by a Field Review Group (FRG) composed of representatives of 

 Corps Divisions with coastal interests. Technical Monitors from HQUSACE, 

 and the Coastal Engineering Research Board. CERC provides techiucal advice 

 and direction for program preparation and execution (Headquarters, 

 Department of the Army 1993). The program's objective is to acquire 

 information through intensive monitoring of coastal projects in order to 

 improve the following: 



a. Project purpose and attainment. 



b. Design procedures. 



c. Construction methods. 



d. Operation and maintenance techniques. 



Potential projects are nominated by coastal districts and selected for 

 monitoring during an annual Program Review attended by the FRG. Selection 

 is based on the potential for improving general procedures for application at 

 other sites or for solving site-specific problems. 



' The MCCP Program was renamed the Monitoring Completed Navigation Projects (MCNP) Program in October 



1996. In this report, however, the program will be referred to as MCCP. 



^ The CHL was formed in October 1996 with the merger of the WES Coasul Engineering Research Center (CERC) 



and Hydraulics Laboratory. For historical purposes, however, any reference to the WES laboratory will be cited as 



CERC. 



Chapter 1 Introduction 



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