Flood Hazard Mitigation Brochure

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FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

More than half our clients have worked with us for 5 years or more, and over a third have sought our advice for more than 10 years. We focus on high quality advice and being nimble, responsive and adaptable. Our global reach now enables us to advise an international client base across our seven core sectors.

FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION SLR has been a leader in flood hazard mitigation for over 30 years. The firm has designed many projects aimed at increasing flood resiliency, including improvement of channel hydraulics, restoration and reconnection of floodplains, removal or replacement of undersized culverts and bridges, removal of dams, wetland creation, and structural alterations of buildings. Our engineers have secured Conditional Letters of Map Revision (CLOMRs) and Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs) for various projects, and are familiar with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) modeling and mapping standards. Our experience includes extensive hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, one- and two-dimensional hydraulic modeling, benefit-cost analysis, and regulatory permitting. A majority of these projects have focused on flood mitigation approaches that are designed to simulate natural conditions, increase flood resiliency, and restore degraded river channels, floodplains, and wetlands.

HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING Hazard mitigation is defined as sustained action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people, property, and resources from natural hazards and their effects. SLR has worked with over 100 communities in several states to develop hazard mitigation plans. These communities have elected to include the many following hazards in their plans tropical storms and hurricanes, thunderstorms and tornadoes, severe winter storms, earthquakes, dam failures, wildfires, and inland and coastal flooding that can occur as a result of any of these events.

HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT ASSISTANCE SLR has assisted many communities with benefit-cost analysis and grant applications under the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). Funded projects have included home acquisitions, bridge replacements, culvert replacements, riverbank stabilization, and landslide mitigation. We have helped obtain over $2 million in mitigation funds for numerous communities across New England, New York, and the eastern seaboard.

FLOOD MITIGATION DESIGN SLR has evaluated, designed, and supervised construction of a wide range of stream-related projects, including channel restoration and flood mitigation, streambank stabilization, and high bank failure repair, in many diverse settings and scales. Many of our past design projects have included complex hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, structural analysis, and regulatory permitting.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS FLOOD MITIGATION STUDIES & DESIGNS • Mohawk River Main Stem, NY • Tailwater Section, E & W Branch of the Delaware River, NY • Hackensack River, NY • Mahwah River, NY • Minisceongo Creek , NY • Ramapo River, NY • Saddle River, NY • Sparkill Creek, NY • Great Chazy River, NY • Little Chazy River, NY • Meriden, CT • New Canaan, CT • Norwalk, CT • Old Orchard Beach, ME • Fleischmanns and Arkville, NY • German Flatts, NY • Hamden, NY • Lexington, NY • Phoenicia/Mt Tremper, NY • Schoharie Creek Watershed, NY • Shandaken, NY • Walton, NY • Windham, NY • Waterbury, VT • Steele Creek, Ilion, NY • Bennington, VT • Bristol, CT • Darien, CT

HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN NANTUCKET, MA

In the United States, SLR International Corporation (SLR) has 450 employees located throughout 41 offices. Our team represents a broad and diverse range of technical and environmental capabilities. SLR’s professionals offer a blend of experience incorporating engineers, geologists, planners, remediation specialists, regulatory and compliance specialists, and environmental scientists.

EXISTING CONDITIONS

SIMULATION OF A 100-YEAR FLOOD STORAGE

MERIDEN GREEN FLOOD MITIGATION MERIDEN, CT

COASTAL RESILIENCE PLANNING & DESIGN • Branford, CT • Bridgeport, CT • East Haven, CT • Fairfield, CT • Greenwich, CT • Groton, CT • Guilford, CT • Madison, CT • Milford, CT • New Haven, CT • Stratford, CT • West Haven, CT • Boothbay Harbor, ME • Damariscotta, ME • Nantucket, MA • Cold Spring, NY

HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT ASSISTANCE • Norwalk, CT • Trumbull, CT • Franklin County, MA • Ulster County, NY • Middlebury, VT HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING • Statewide in Connecticut • Nantucket, MA • Westchester County, NY POST-DISASTER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE • Greene County, NY • Herkimer County, NY • Montgomery County, NY • Oneida County, NY • Ulster County, NY

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