Build It Back Post-Disaster Recovery Program Support
Leading Assessments and Environmental Compliance to Support Recovery Grants
We completed more than 12,000 environmental reviews including supplemental environmental studies.
Integrating GIS with our data management system greatly increased the speed of production and quality of deliverables.
- Client
- New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York City Department of Environmental Protection on behalf of New York City Mayor's Office of Housing Recovery Operations
- Location
- New York, NY
- Cost
- $56 million
- Completed
- 2019
- Region
- Northeast
Following Superstorm Sandy, we supported the New York City Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations (HRO) with pre-construction services related to the NYC Build It Back program. Build It Back is a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded city program to assist homeowners, landlords, and tenants across the five boroughs after other forms of disaster assistance have been exhausted.
We were tasked with inspecting
more than 15,000 homes and residential buildings, estimating damages by
assessing and identifying immediate repairs, and generating a cost to repair
the residence. Based on these calculations and HUD guidelines, our feasibility
teams determined if the structures could be repaired or elevated, or needed to
be rebuilt entirely.
The teams also conducted
environmental reviews to verify compliance with the environmental acts and
regulations required for federally funded projects.
At the program’s peak, our
project team consisted of nearly 200 employees, including engineers,
architects, geologists, ecologists, IT specialists, architectural historians, and
archeologists. By automating many of the processes, the interdisciplinary team
was able to establish procedures early on that allowed the inspections,
feasibility assessments, and environmental reviews to be completed quickly
without sacrificing quality.
15,000
homes inspected
200
employees on project team at peak
