Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings. Civil engineering is the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including architectural engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, control engineering, structural engineering, earthquake engineering, transportation engineering, forensic engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, wastewater engineering, offshore engineering, facade engineering, coastal engineering, construction surveying, and construction engineering. Civil engineering takes place in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.

East Coast Engineering, Inc. (ECE) is a group of professional engineers, surveyors, and planners that through their varied backgrounds and diversified abilities can optimize the design by applying various innovative ideas to produce a cost effective and easy to construct project.

ECE has years of experience and success in obtaining various NJDEP approvals.  ECE specializes in obtaining NJDEP CAFRA Permits, Waterfront Development Permits, Tidelands Licenses & Grants.  CAFRA permits are required for single family residential project located on or near natural tidal waterways as well as other larger and more complex projects.  ECE can prepare the required plans, applications and support documents to obtain a CAFRA permit quickly and efficiently.  Our staff of engineers, surveyors, planners, certified floodplain managers and support staff allows ECE to submit applications swiftly to get you moving ahead quickly with your construction or reconstruction plans.

ECE has primarily worked in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, although our contacts and general knowledge of state law allows us to produce our high quality survey and engineering work throughout the state of New Jersey. Through our experiences we have a good rapport with the staff of many local planning boards, and review agencies.