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| Arcadis to reduce flood damage from future severe weather events The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation has selected Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD), Dutch engineering consultancy, to provide damage assessments, flood protection planning and sustainable design services to help these facilities better weather the next severe storm. When Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast last October, much of Lower Manhattan was flooded including three of the HHC's member hospitals - Bellevue, Coney Island and the Coler Campus. Bellevue Hospital was forced to manually evacuate hundreds of patients due to the loss of power and other utility services. All three of these facilities suffered extensive and crippling damage. Under the $5 million contract, Arcadis will perform flood proofing and hazard mitigation planning to make these critical facilities more resilient in the face of future storms. The firm will also provide consulting, preliminary design, pre-construction, construction and post-construction services at the discretion of the HHC. Using proprietary hydrodynamic modeling, Arcadis can examine how future storms may impact the hospitals and accordingly design multiple layers of defense to strengthen them against flooding so hospital staff can focus on providing continual essential services to their patients even during severe weather events. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |