Resiliency
Turner Construction is using this card to summarize its program. The "Green" graphic represents how the contractor is elevating what green means, and the three pillars of its program. Image: Turner Construction
The company targets a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions and water use from construction activit...
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New York City’s newest university campus, Cornell Tech, pushes the limits of sustainable and resi...
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Urge senate passage of disaster recovery reform act; Relationship-building with local communities...
A rendering of the project area of Bridgeport, Conn.'s South End, where an AEC team has been selected to devise a resilience plan to mitigate future flooding. Image: Courtesy of Waggonner & Ball
The design and construction project would perpetuate efforts that date back several years.
Alys Beach, a luxury residential community in western Florida, enforces building standards that protect its houses from high winds. Image: Alys Beach
Alys Beach’s in-house GC builds to standards set by the FORTIFIED program.
Volunteers sought for committee openings.
Rendering courtesy C.F. Møller
The C.F. Møller-designed project is slated for completion in 2021.
Clippership Wharf, a 478-unit mixed-use redevelopment in Boston whose construction began this year, will elevate the first floors of its buildings 24 feet above the Boston city baseline. A 1,400-foot-long public Harbor Walk will be 14 to 16 feet above sea level. Courtesy Lendlease Development.
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma expose the necessity—and limitations—of resilient design and construct...
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Convincing people to relocate can be a psychological hurdle.
Heller Manus Architects
An array of guidelines and standards coming from all kinds of sources are jockeying for position...
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Perkins+Will has written the design controls for the redevelopment of a 28-acre surface parking lot in San Francisco into a mixed-use waterfront community called Mission Rock, which would have a mesa running through it to handle sea levels that are projected to rise as high as 66 inches by 2100, compared to 24 inches today. Courtesy Perkins+Will.
Projects like these, where resilience is central to their design and construction, are becoming m...
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Rendering courtesy of BIG.
The project will safeguard the Lower East Side against severe weather and rising sea levels.
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New green infrastructure should be part of rebuild.
Water Street Tampa's 18 buildings are being designed by mulitple architecturual and design firms. The 50-acre, 9-million-sf community is expected to attract 23,000 workers and residents to Tampa's downtown. Image: Strategic Property Partners. CLICK HERE TO ENLARGE IMAGE
Nine architects, three interior designers, and nine contractors are involved in this $3 billion p...
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Rendering courtesy CTA Architects
The affordable housing complex was hit hard during Hurricane Sandy, leaving residents without ele...
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New floodplain maps and state code changes loom.
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Updates provide guidance on how design and construction pros and emergency managers can work toge...
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Courtesy The Seasteading Institute
New approach to resiliency examined in French Polynesia.
Rendering courtesy of Vincent Callebaut Architectures
At the heart of Vincent Callebaut Architectures’ eco-neighborhood will be three 100-meter-tall Ve...
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CallisonRTKL’s Nathan Cherry discusses hurricanes, the San Francisco waterfront, and how we can f...
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Image courtesy of Arup
The building has achieved REDi Gold Rating, resilience-based design guidelines developed by Arup...
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Image courtesy of Mads-Ulrik Husum.
Growroom’s spherical shape means it can also double as a covered outdoor public space.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York, Wikipedia Creative Commons
The proposal ‘would essentially rewrite the current 100-year flood standard.’
Photo courtesy of STV
The man made hills are the latest attraction to open on the island that has been under developmen...
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The move highlights innovative insurance, mortgage, tax, and finance-based strategies.
Water tanks preparing for fracking. Photo: Joshua Doubek/Wikimedia Commons.
Significant risk increases seen in some areas of the U.S.
Flooding in New York City during Hurricane Irene in 2011. Photo: David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons.
Continued waterfront development may be regretted later this century.
Construction site near the water in downtown Miami. Photo: Phillip Pessar/Creative Commons.
$400 million flood plan includes new valves, pumps, and raised roadways.
Flooding in Houston in April 2016. Photo: meltedplastic/Creative Commons.
HUD, FEMA, GSA, Army Corps of Engineers make policy changes.
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Applies to structures larger than 7,000 sf.
