New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation hires ARCADIS to assess risks and design systems to reduce flood damage from future severe weather events
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation has selected ARCADIS
(EURONEXT: ARCAD), the leading pure play global engineering and consultancy
firm, 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.
"As major storms like Sandy occur more frequently, hospitals and other critical
service providers in our coastal communities will face flood risk management
decisions," said Gary Coates, CEO of the US operations of ARCADIS. "Using our
Dutch flood proofing expertise in combination with our construction management
experience in the healthcare sector, we are well positioned to deliver flood
protection and sustainable design recommendations to the HHC."
For more information please contact Joost Slooten at +31 (0) 20 2011083, or
outside office hours at +31 (0) 6 27061880 or joost.slooten(at)arcadis.com
About ARCADIS:
ARCADIS is the leading pure play global engineering and consultancy firm,
providing consultancy, design, engineering and management services in
infrastructure, water, environment and buildings. We enhance mobility,
sustainability and quality of life by creating balance in the built and natural
environment. ARCADIS develops, designs, implements, maintains and operates
projects for companies and governments. With 22,000 people and ?2.5 billion in
revenues, the company has an extensive global network supported by strong local
market positions. ARCADIS supports UN-HABITAT with knowledge and expertise to
improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. Please
visit: www.arcadis.com
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