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August 26, 2020
Jerri Daniels
On Friday, August 12, I was flying home to Louisiana after working in the Fairfax, Virginia, office that week. I live in Springfield, about 60 miles north of our office in New Orleans. I noticed that my weather apps had been posting storm warnings for southeastern Louisiana, and then I began to get…
August 26, 2020
Karl Fippinger
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is responsible for building, maintaining, and operating the state's roads, bridges, and tunnels. In fact, Virginia has the third-largest state-maintained highway system in the country. We enjoy a rich history of partnering with VDOT to design…
August 26, 2020
Laurel McGinley and Juan Nieves
In the past year, major flood events in the U.S. have resulted in $12 to $15 billion in damages to housing and infrastructure, including damage to approximately 175,000 homes. This trend is expected to continue as climate change continues to impact normal weather, making it more extreme. What can…
August 26, 2020
Brian Batten
Over the past few decades, coastal communities have experienced an increase in the frequency and magnitude of local-area flooding. Government entities have recognized that future flooding zones and wave hazards must be included in resilience planning. After Superstorm Sandy, the Community Risk and…
August 26, 2020
Community resilience has been a subject of national interest since Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. The conversation has reached the West Coast and is taking place at local, regional, and state levels. I find resilience an emerging topic across many disciplines in the AEC profession. A lot…
August 26, 2020
Beth Smyre
The 2.4-mile, 5,000-car-per-day Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in North Carolina is a feat of engineering. Located in the highest risk area for storm-based natural disasters along the eastern seaboard, the bridge has stood tall against some of the most powerful hurricanes and tropical storms to hit the…
August 26, 2020
Last year was the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, events that have forever changed the focus, public awareness, and the way we think about coastal hazards. We have learned through great tragedy and loss the importance of our coastal barriers…
August 26, 2020
Laurel McGinley
In 2015, a Dewberry team of engineers, planners, and geospatial analysts developed a tool to aid communities, state and federal agencies, and insurance companies in assessing wildfire risk. The Wildfire Risk Model is a geographic information system (GIS)-based tool that incorporates dozens of…
August 26, 2020
Dave Maune
In 2008, we were faced with the challenge of mapping Alaska, the only state with no digital orthophotos or other forms of mapping. I approached this challenge by recommending consistent statewide standards for our client and developed the Alaska DEM Whitepaper, which recommended the use of…
August 26, 2020
Shannon Brewer and Duncan Hastie
In the peak of hurricane season, flooding becomes a concern in many communities throughout the country, just as we recently experienced with Hurricane Joaquin that brought major flooding to the southeast. We believe one of the best ways to protect a community from a similar event is to increase…
August 26, 2020
Larry Olinger, Douglas Frost, Laurel McGinley, Ronald Budzinski, Molly Wagner, Ronald Artigues Jr, Mark Montgomery and Johnise Molloy
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina, a storm with 140mph winds and a presence of nearly 400 miles across, made landfall on the Gulf Coast. She left behind destruction of upwards to an estimated $100 billion, with 80 percent of New Orleans underwater, 234,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Mississippi…
August 26, 2020
Robert Delach and Sue Hoegberg
There are always many goodhearted U.S. citizens who are able to respond to overseas disasters by hopping on a plane to provide relief in the midst of post-disaster chaos. For most Americans, this just isn't a realistic possibility. While we all have skills that we could contribute, there are few…
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