Insights & News

December 9, 2021

Recently, a team of interior designers from across our offices attended the 2021 NeoCon event in Chicago, Illinois, held in the Merchandise Mart, which was at one point the largest building in the world with four million square feet of floor space. The event offered a vast number of showrooms…

December 2, 2021

There’s an old saying, “sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can.” In trying to find out what good things have happened during the pandemic, we uncovered common threads and unique activities at 10 local agencies. Independent of size and service area, the challenges of providing…

November 24, 2021

As consultants to a wide variety of clients, we know that it’s important to practice what we preach. For many years, as we’ve assisted clients in developing their own resilience plans, we have also explored this concept within our own practice. As a result, we have actively embraced resilience…

November 18, 2021

At the end of the 1980s, the National Golf Foundation published a study explaining that the demand for new golf courses around the country was booming. This demand opened the door for the need for more professionals specializing in landscape architecture, civil engineering, permitting, and land…

November 11, 2021

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

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…

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 21, 2021

Surface water, drinking water, raw water, recycled water, brackish water, wastewater…where is it all going? This is the crux of the One Water paradigm, which is a way of thinking about water, recognizing that each drop has value. As we experience dwindling fresh water supply and competing uses, we…

October 14, 2021

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 7, 2021

If you look at the careers of successful professionals in our industry, a common theme is an active involvement in professional organizations. Getting involved can benefit you in many ways—networking and volunteering, staying informed of trends and business intelligence, and developing lasting…

September 30, 2021

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of supply chains and their role in delivering goods and services to our communities is at the forefront of our nation’s agencies as they work with state and local leaders to provide safety to their residents. For the Federal Emergency Management…

September 23, 2021

We all have a responsibility to be stewards of our planet, to ensure our present wellbeing and the wellbeing of future generations. This is where sustainability comes in; living today in a way that has a positive impact on our future. At Dewberry, we take this responsibility seriously through…