Tag: storms
Coastal Storm Splits Island and Brings Communities Together
By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D.
In 1992, Joseph Vietri, then a coastal engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, was walking with...
Improving Coastal Facilities Resiliency Systematically
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) shows the way
By Ashish D. Patel, PE
Following extreme storm events such as Hurricane Harvey, Tropical Storm Imelda, and Hurricane...
Digital Twins for Project Planning and Management: Key Considerations
Digital twins are increasingly being employed to facilitate more efficient planning, design, and construction of new projects, and they can improve operations of the...
New ASCE Manual of Practice 144 Provides a Framework to Plan and Design for...
Reston, Va. – Natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms, affect a large portion of the world’s population. Infrastructure resilience and sustainability...
Sarasota Project “Hurricane-Proofs” Sewage Spills
New Lift Station Designed to Withstand Category 3 Storms
By Thomas Renner
Sarasota County sits on Florida’s Gulf coast and is home to 380,000 people, according...
Ready for storms
Pennoni develops plan to upgrade and floodproof stormwater pumps to alleviate city’s flood risk.
By Kenneth Shine, Assoc. DBIA, CFM
Burlington City, N.J., is a proactive...
Urban flooding disrupts economies, public safety, and more, report says
Flooding caused by an increasing number of intense storms is a national challenge and significant source of economic loss, social disruption and housing inequality across the United States, says a new report from Texas A&M University and the University of Maryland.
