- Flood mitigation project highlights Arcadis's
extensive experience with implementing flood protection
and stormwater solutions
- Virginia Beach's proactive
approach aims to protect residents from increasing extreme
weather
Virginia
Beach, Va., May 20, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Arcadis, a leading global design
and consultancy organization for
natural and built assets, today
announced that it was selected in partnership with
project lead Flatiron to design a groundbreaking
flood protection program for the City of Virginia Beach
Department of Public Works. The Windsor
Woods, Princess Anne Plaza,
and The Lakes Drainage Improvements Project aims to safeguard
the city
and its residents from the detrimental effects
of flooding.
On November 2, 2021,
the Virginia Beach community passed
a $567 million bond referendum that underscores
the community support for funding
stormwater improvement projects throughout the
city. By supporting city planning
efforts for climate resilience, Arcadis will provide
solutions that address more frequent and intense
threats like storm surge, flood risk, tidal
flooding, and severe rainfall.
This comprehensive flood protection
program encompasses a variety of
projects designed to enhance
stormwater management and
alleviate widespread flooding across neighborhoods.
Arcadis will
provide design and construction of tide
gates, stormwater pump stations, and
flood barriers to mitigate
flood risks in the Windsor
Woods, Princess Anne Plaza, and The Lakes
neighborhoods.
Travis Davis, Resilience Water
Market Leader, Upper Mid-Atlantic, for Arcadis,
said: "This flagship flood mitigation project
is the first and largest
initiative of its kind in the City and will provide long-term
protection for the residents of Virginia Beach.
Arcadis
is proud to be serving as a trusted
partner on this historic endeavor."
Edgar Westerhof, North America Solution
Leader for Climate Adaptation for Arcadis,
said: "Cities nationwide are forced to act
as life-threatening risks of
extreme weather stretch the capacity of
inland waterways and rising sea levels inevitably reshape
coastal waterfronts. It is
very exciting to see how Virginia
Beach is committed to dramatically increase
its ability to thrive as a waterfront city
of the future. Virginia Beach understands that to
enhance resilience we
need shovels in the ground. Arcadis is
committed to bring the best of it national and global expertise to
support the City, as it embarks on the development and
implementation of an ambitious water management program."
ABOUT ARCADIS
Arcadis is the world's
leading company delivering data-driven sustainable design,
engineering,
and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 architects, data
analysts, designers, engineers, project planners,
water management and sustainability experts,
all driven by our passion for improving quality
of life. As part of our commitment to accelerating a
planet positive future, we work with our
clients to make sustainable
project choices, combining digital
and human innovation,
and embracing future-focused skills across the environment,
energy and water, buildings, transport, and
infrastructure sectors. We operate in over 30 countries,
and in 2023 reported €5.0 billion in gross
revenues. www.arcadis.com
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