Brian Joyner

Brian Joyner is a coastal engineer with the consulting firm Moffatt & Nichol.  He is located in Norfolk, Virginia.  He has 27 years of coastal and riverine studies and design experience, primarily in numerical and physical modeling; design of flood protection, breakwaters and other port and urban waterfront related facilities.  He is currently leading resilience planning with climate change factors in multiple US East Coast cities.  He is a Deputy Program Manager for the Norfolk, Virginia Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) program consultant team, responsible for program leadership and overall direction of engineering study and design tasks for flood barrier systems, interior drainage, and wetland mitigation and Nature Based Solutions. Since 2020, Brian has also served as PIANC USA representative to PIANC’s Permanent Task Group on Climate Change, where he assists with updating and promoting PIANC guidance on resilience and adaptation of waterborne transport infrastructure and operations, relative to both open-coast and inland navigation.