All too often we focus on what the federal government is doing to build disaster resilience. Federal grant funding, though sizable and growing is only one piece of the resilience puzzle. A recently published academic study and a new state-level grant program point to progress made by other stakeholders to incentivize hazardmitigation investments… more
The National Institute of Building Sciences recently brought together leaders from across the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) industries for the Women Executives in Building Symposium.
One presentation, “Resiliency: A Business Imperative with Profitable Benefits,” addressed climate change litigation. It was… more
The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season is here, and Colorado State University released its forecast.
Some states recently were awarded flood mitigation grants by the federal government as well as some state governments.
Federal grants included:
New Jersey $8.9 million
Louisiana $6.3 million in assistance
Oslo, Minnesota received $2.35 million… more
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has begun working with Portland’s 13 bulk fuel terminals to assess their seismic vulnerabilities and implement mitigation, according to an opinion piece published today in The Oregonian by NIBS Special Advisor, Lifelines Infrastructure Initiative Yumei Wang, PE, FASCE.
Wang also serves as Senior… more
Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported the US surpassed $1 trillion in losses and 5,000 deaths from 122 separate billion-dollar disasters over the past seven years. These eyewatering losses demonstrate the need to redouble our collective efforts to reduce disaster impacts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (… more
