LOCATION

East River, New York

SERVICES

• Field Investigation and Existing Condition Assessments

• Phase I and II Site Assessment

• Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Analysis

• Integrated Hydrodynamic and H&H Modelling, Constructability and Value Engineering, Flood Risk Analysis and Mitigations

• Wetland and Urban Creek Restoration and Design

• Water Circulation Analysis and Design

• Developed and Designed a Flood Risk Reduction System with Stormwater Management Strategies to Reduce Flood Risk

• Environmental Planning – Environmental Review, Natural Resource Inventory, And City, State, Federal Approvals/Permitting

• Public Engagement – Stakeholder Engagement, Outreach Strategists, Public Relations

• Regulatory Coordination and Support

The site is situated on an approximately 20 -acre area bounded by the East River to the north, commercial facilities including railing to the south, major distribution centers to the east, and Vallo Transportation to the west. The project site was conceived as an urban sustainable water strategy designed to protect the entire site and parts of the surrounding areas from frequent flooding due to storm surge, high tide, and heavy rainfall. Resilience measures include waterfront or inland infrastructure for surge defense (resist); policy recommendations, guidelines, and urban infrastructure to slow rainwater runoff (delay); a circuit of interconnected green infrastructure to store and direct excess rainwater (store); and water pumps and alternative routes to support drainage (discharge). STM, in affiliation with HydroTech, was retained by the client to provide engineering, monitoring, permitting services, and construction oversight for this project.