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April 16, 2015
Brenden Alexander
As Michael Walsh said in his recent thought leadership video, bridges that were designed in the 1950s to handle loads of more than one hundred thousand vehicles per day are now only able to handle eighty thousand. The state of our bridges is so decrepit that not only have equipment distributors…
April 7, 2015
Dewberry developed the Wildfire Risk Model, a GIS-based tool designed to aid agencies in assessing property risk.
April 1, 2015
Matt Werner and Catherine Bohn
Matt Werner of the City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management and Catherine Bohn describe how ArcGIS was used as part of the first comprehensive debris management plan put forth by the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in response to Hurricane Sandy.
January 15, 2015
Dewberry was recognized by the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies for its work raising public awareness of flooding in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
January 8, 2015
Siva Selvanathan
In recent blogs, my colleagues discussed some exciting new climate change research, including a method to more accurately measure sea level rise impacts on coastal flood elevations and a screening tool that helps airports assess specific climate change risks. These articles highlight our focus on…
December 11, 2014
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a competitive grant program for projects aimed at increasing the resilience of public transportation systems against future disasters. FTA set aside nearly $3.6 billion for this competitive resilience grant…
March 10, 2014
Max Chance and Dan Williams
Power industry security measures are heavily influenced by the surrounding topography...
December 5, 2013
Bradley Workman, Stuart Geiger and John Henz
In mid-September 2013, a powerful storm system overwhelmed Colorado's available flood prevention measures. This five-day natural disaster forced more than 11,000 evacuations and damaged more than 19,000 homes. More than 1,750 citizens were rescued from areas cut off by swollen waterways and…
November 7, 2013
Craig Johnson
Since late October 2012, a number of Dewberry employees have been working all-out for months. From my vantage point helping coordinate their efforts, I've seen many people working six and seven days a week, many outside their normal work environment. We've been responsive to the ever changing needs…
September 12, 2013
Shandi Treloar
Happy National Preparedness Month! For the remainder of the month of September, dozens of public service announcements will be reaching out to thousands of families across the United States – encouraging them to talk about prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery from natural disasters.…
June 13, 2013
Last week I participated in Making the Grade: New Ideas Symposium for Innovation in Infrastructure Development hosted by the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, Autodesk, ASCE, and ISI. The goal of this symposium was "to produce a set of recommendations to be published and disseminated to…
June 6, 2013
Duncan Hastie
Since last summer, when the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Reform Act (also known as Biggert-Waters 12 or BW-12) was enacted by Congress on July 6, 2012, stakeholders and administrators of the NFIP have been identifying and assessing the impacts BW-12 may have. While BW-12 affects multiple…
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