Contents

The ROM Program establishes the foundations for the construction project of the most common types of breakwater: vertical breakwaters, composite or berm breakwaters, and sloping breakwaters, with or without a crown wall. However, the approach proposed is no longer limited to conventional breakwater types. Based on the analysis of the performance of each subset of a typical breakwater section, it is now possible to design breakwater types with subsets and units, adapted to the individual needs of each investment project.

More specifically, this ROM 1.1-18 provides the following:

1. Methods for specifying project requirements and for verifying that the project as a whole and each of its subsets comply with these requirements in all of the project phases.
2. Technical tools to design and plan the means and processes of the construction, maintenance, repair, and dismantling of any type of breakwater.
3. Criteria and methods to evaluate the total costs of the infrastructure, including those of its construction, maintenance, repair, and, when applicable, dismantling.
4. Criteria and methods for the technical-economic optimization of the construction work in compliance with the financial-economic requirements in the investment project.
5. Development levels for the implementation of the breakwater construction project, when applicable, within the framework of the investment project.

These procedures, criteria and methods depend, among other things, on the project development level, maintenance and repair strategies, and the evaluation of the consequences of breakwater damage for the management and exploitation of the harbor area, as set out in the following sections.

Organization

The ROM 1.1-18 is structured in two documents and three subdocuments

Although originally conceived to be applied to any breakwater construction project, most of the methods and tools developed for this ROM can also be used in the investment projects of other maritime infrastructures in the harbor area, such as berthing and mooring areas, navigation channels, etc.

Articles

The Articulado specifies the procedures and methods that can be used to attain and verify the objectives of a breakwater project according to the ROM 0.0-01, ROM 1.0-09 and other recommendations.
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Manual for design of breakwaters and application help of ROM 1.1 Articulate

The purpose of the Manual is to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations in the ROM 1.1-18 Articles. This document presents approaches, methods and tools compatible with the indications of the ROM 1.1-18 Articles, and should be periodically updated so that it is in consonance with the current level of knowledge and its limitations.
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Anex of general technical specifications for the project

The ROM 1.1-18 is progressively enriched by annexes with information regarding important aspects relevant to the design, construction, and exploitation of a breakwater, such as the following:

• General index of the contents of a breakwater construction project
• Specifications regarding quarry material for breakwaters
• Technical specifications for the dredging of the seabed
• Solutions for specific aspects of breakwater construction
• Catalogue construction units and cost
• Characterization of exceptional earthquake and tsunami conditions
• Specifications for experimental verification in a wave flume and wave basin
• Specifications for the numerical verification and applications of numerical codes
• Specifications for field campaigns.

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Anex for Wave Oscilations Characterization

These annexes are composed of crucial information that can be used to characterize the agents at the construction site. This is a necessary first step in the design, verification, and optimization of the breakwater.
The following should be considered:

• Sources of climate data
• Characterization of the agents at the location site

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Examples

This document is composed of a set of partial examples of the characterization of agents and also of breakwater design and verification, structured in terms of the project development level.
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