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August 26, 2020
John Hoffman
In 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 39 percent of the U.S. population lived in counties directly on a shoreline. By 2020, NOAA anticipates that number to grow by eight percent. Further, in an increasingly global economy, coastal communities provide…
August 26, 2020
Gopher tortoises (gopherus polyphemus) are ancient—their ancestors are a species of land tortoise that originated in western North America 60 million years ago. Of five North American tortoise species (genus gopherus), the gopher tortoise is the only one that lives east of the Mississippi River.…
August 26, 2020
Seth Bradley, Chris Sliwinski, Tom Moran, Siddharth Pandey, Jeff Gangai and Rebecca Hernandez
More than 50 Dewberry employees from four offices have been involved in assisting FEMA following the Louisiana floods this past summer and Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew in the fall. Responsibilities have included development of critical flood depth grids to determine impacts as well as thousands…
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
Devin Keeler
In my last blog, I discussed the ins and outs of conducting a routing study on the underground substations for the electrical power system at the University of Virginia (UVA), which was the first of three phases, including routing, design, and construction. After months of research, interviews, and…
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
Adam Hales
Surveyors who originally crossed the U.S. looked a lot different than the modern surveyor. These frontiersmen carried survival equipment along with their chains, compasses, and theodolites (an instrument used to measure horizontal and vertical angles). They marked territory by notching trees and…
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
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…
August 26, 2020
Surveying has been a blessing to me. There is no other way to describe my 30-year career. Times weren't easy for a young family man/entry-level engineer back in the early 1980s. Making the decision to go back to school and become a surveyor was one of the best decisions of my life. Two years later…
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