Goodwyn Mills Cawood adds South Alabama firm

GMC has acquired Fairhope-based South Coast Engineers

South Coast Engineers’ (from left) Thomas “Beau” Buhring, Scott Douglass and Bret Web with Goodwyn Mills Cawood’s Lee Walters.

Goodwyn Mills Cawood, an architecture and engineering firm with multiple offices in Alabama, has acquired South Coast Engineers of Fairhope. Established in 2007, SCE is known for its expertise in coastal engineering, resilience and nature-based solutions.

“We have worked with GMC for over 20 years and are proud to be able to make our partnership official,” said Scott Douglass, SCE founder and president. “We are excited to bolster the firm’s services by adding coastal engineering, as we continue to serve our communities and clients and expand our reach even further through this new venture.”

Comprised of Douglass, Bret Webb and Thomas “Beau” Buhring, the SCE team brings a combined 75 years of experience. Douglass and Webb are two of only 73 board-certified coastal engineers practicing in the U.S., the company says.

SCE has provided planning and design services of bay and beach shoreline erosion solutions, coastal ecosystem restoration, coastal highways and bridges, coastal wave and circulation modeling, marina and port design, seawall and coastal revetment design and more.

“We are thrilled to have Scott, Bret and Beau joining GMC,” said Lee Walters, GMC regional vice president. “Their nationally recognized team will allow us to expand our capabilities in shoreline protection, resilience and coastal ecosystem restoration.”

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Douglass and Buhring will join GMC’s Daphne office, while Webb will join the firm’s Mobile office.

GMC was named ENR Southeast’s 2024 Design Firm of the Year. It is known for work in architecture, interior design, civil engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, mechanical, electrical and plumbing and disaster recovery.

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