Insights & News

January 17, 2024

In this episode of the Florida Specifier Podcast, Dewberry Program Manager Stephanie Marsh and Assistant Department Manager Trevor Noble join hosts Ryan Matthews and Brett Cyphers to discuss what happens before, during, and after large storm events and how to be prepared for the worst.

December 7, 2023

The community of Pin Point, Georgia, found just 11 miles south of Savannah in Chatham County, is a predominantly Black community. First settled in 1896 after the abolishment of slavery, the area is best known for its Gullah-speaking people and rich heritage. With close proximity to tidal marshes…

November 14, 2023

Firm to provide topobathymetric lidar for Florida’s Gulf Coast.

October 13, 2023

In the past few years, we’ve seen a marked shift to developing and delivering resilient design solutions. This shift, when viewed alongside the substantial federal resources coming online for infrastructure investments, represents an exciting moment for the professional design community to offer…

August 10, 2023

Surveying deals with the process of determining the three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them, including limits of lots/parcels (boundary), landscape (topography), water (hydrography), construction stake out, as-built, easement, and route/corridor surveys.…

April 6, 2023

Don’t be fooled by the gorgeous landscapes, Alaska can be a challenging place to live. The state faces unique supply chain challenges with its location and climate. Nearly 95% of Alaska’s purchased food is imported, and extreme weather and seasonality can leave rural Alaskan communities without…

March 2, 2023

When it comes to aging infrastructure, small, rural, and local communities can sometimes be overlooked and forgotten about. Helping small local communities like the town of Ivanhoe in Sampson County, North Carolina, can have a large impact on the lives of those who live there, and the future…

March 1, 2023

Amy Tracy explains how we can better prepare for future water needs by looking at all sources of water as being an equal opportunity in the problem-solving process.

February 15, 2023

Following the devastation of Super Typhoon Yutu on the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), our firm was tasked with identifying, repairing, and constructing new and damaged homes. Under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Logistics Construction Support Contract (LCSC), our firm deployed a team within 72 hours of the notice to proceed and assessed 1,050 homes. Following assessments, our firm developed conceptual designs and renderings for permanent housing solutions. Our services also included construction oversight, site visits and reporting, cost estimation, change order management, and engineering technical support. As of February 2023, our firm has repaired over 100 homes, constructed 146 new homes, and are in the process of constructing 31 additional homes.

December 21, 2022

Hazard mitigation specialist joins firm to support FEMA client management and climate resilience projects.

December 1, 2022

State departments of transportation (DOTs), local governments, tribal communities, and federal land management agencies working to improve the natural hazard resilience of critical infrastructure assets received another boost from federal funding. Signed into law in November 2021 via the…

November 7, 2022

In this article for Alaska Business Magazine, Dewberry’s Hillary Palmer and Jade North’s Ed Fogels describe how the Alaska Mapping project is improving the state’s spatial data infrastructure and benefitting the public, government, and private-sector businesses.