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May 25, 2011
Marcus Martin
Over the past 15 years, emergency management as a profession, and as a practice, has matured dramatically. The need for strong, effective, and comprehensive programs is constantly reinforced by national and international events such as this year’s deadly tornadoes in the Southeast and Midwest, as…
May 23, 2011
Chris Zambito
FEMA is about to release a major update to its regional loss estimation methodology software. HAZards US-Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH) has been on a major release cycle every one to two years. The current release, known as MR 5, has been released in early 2011, but it’s not the big change. The big change…
May 16, 2011
Marlene Shade
May is National Preservation Month. I have always enjoyed working with historic properties, especially the lesser known “treasures” you often find tucked away in small towns and communities. It seems every historic property comes with a story, and even a surprise or two.
May 9, 2011
Jim Matarelli
The term “Discovery Process” is borrowed from the attorney litigation arena where information is shared prior to going to court. I have found it particularly valuable for architects in the pre-design and planning phase of projects as we–the collective team of owners, users, planners, architects…
May 9, 2011
Patrick Radabaugh and Alan Pratt
Released on April 27, 2011, the Clean Water Framework demonstrates our government’s commitment to continuing efforts to improve water quality that began with the Clean Water Act (CWA) passage in 1972. The publication explains ongoing and future initiatives at the Environmental Protection Agency…
April 25, 2011
Michael Sears
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) assigns an ecological classification to each stream in New Jersey. The highest classification is called Category 1 (C1). The areas located within 300 feet of C1 streams are called Special Water Resources Protection Areas (SWRPA). These…
April 18, 2011
As part of National Architecture Week, Dewberry employees participated in AIA Northern Virginia’s 8th Annual Canstruction competition. Our team, as well as other area architects, built structures entirely out of canned food. The structures were evaluated by a panel of judges for the categories of…
April 18, 2011
Jerry Sparks
After seeing a tweet by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate about some new FEMA widgets, I had to check them out. The widget “Are You Prepared For Flooding?” is a simple, effective way for public agencies and firms like Dewberry who support local, state, and federal hazard mitigation and emergency…
March 16, 2011
This past February, Sarah Ice, CFM, and I had the opportunity, as two RAMPP team members representing FEMA, to present at a workshop for the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. We presented our four-hour workshop, “The Newest Letter of Map…
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