Highlands Ranch, Colo., August 18, 2017 – In a special report, Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) team of editors and reporters look at how coastal communities around the country are tackling problems associated with sea-level rise, including erosion and subsidence. ENR’s reporting has found that many cities are still trying to get a handle on the complex, interrelated problems. But others, such as Miami Beach, have started aggressive, multimillion-dollar programs to raise roads and improve drainage.
ENR also found that engineers are rethinking their practice, coming up with innovative, adaptive designs that will prevent overbuilding in the short term until future forecasts—which now say the sea level could rise between 1 ft to 8.2 ft by 2100—become more precise.
Edgar Westerhof, Arcadis Flood Risk & Resiliency Lead for North America, shares his thoughts and the Arcadis approach with ENR. Click here to read the interview.*
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