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January 6, 2022
Brian Batten
Scientists have been predicting the dire consequences of sea level rise for decades, but we are now frequently seeing the tangible evidence of increasing flood events in our coastal communities. Resources such as the U.S. Sea Level Rise Report Cards, produced by the Virginia Institute of Marine…
January 6, 2022
Dewberry to evaluate existing emergency evacuation infrastructure and develop preparedness plan for residents of California community.
December 28, 2021
Carol Johnson
If life has taught us anything, it’s that we are guaranteed change. As design professionals, however, we value facts, codes, science, and consistency. This dichotomy pushes us to develop out-of-the-box solutions that not only meet the needs of our clients, but surpass basic code and regulatory…
December 23, 2021
In November 2018, the town of Paradise and many rural communities in Butte County, California, were devastated by an unprecedented wildfire. The Camp Fire was one of the deadliest, most destructive, and most expensive in California’s history; damaging more than 90% of the town’s infrastructure…
December 7, 2021
Team to focus on water resources planning, flood risk management.
December 2, 2021
Five-year contract will serve 12 states in western U.S.
November 11, 2021
Carol Holland
While much of our work centers on helping communities become more resilient, we also focus on our own workplace here at Dewberry. We recognize that organizational strength and adaptability are critical to providing our best service to clients, and regularly challenge ourselves: how can we create a…
November 4, 2021
Jessica Fleck, Nicole Gough and Laurel McGinley
Now more than ever, communities in or near the wildland-urban interface (WUI) need to prepare themselves for the dangers of wildfires as the threats from climate change continue to increase. There are several strategies that can be implemented at the homeowner and community level to protect homes…
November 1, 2021
Shelter, Behavioral, and Transportation Analysis to support the National Hurricane Program.
October 28, 2021
We see resilience as the ability to adapt to changing times, including the ability to not just “bounce back” and restore discriminatory systems and inequitable access to services, but to “bounce forward” to a more equitable community.
October 14, 2021
Catherine Bohn
In February 2018, we shared a video explaining geospatial damage assessments and how the information can be used to expedite recovery from disaster events. At the time, our geospatial damage assessments were created using modeled impact data, such as flood depth inundation models and visual review…
October 8, 2021
We reflect on some of the critical work milestones since our partnership began with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 1979 in administering complex and far-reaching floodplain mapping, mitigation, disaster response, and recovery programs.
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