USGBC's Middle Atlantic and New England region has collaborated with the NYC Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) to bring you a variety of monthly webinars focused on resiliency in 2021. We are back for 2022 with 6 new installments, starting February 16. Topics will include Community Vitality; Hazard Adaptation; and integrated long term master planning, and more. We will also host community-based programs.

June 15, 22 - Hazard Adaptation at the Building Scale

Understanding strategies for mitigating the impacts of natural hazards at the building scale as climate change progresses.

Panelists include:

• Suzanne DiGeronimo, FAIA F.SAME (Dist), President, DiGeronimo PC and Storm Surge Working Group
• Gwen Dawson, Vice President of Real Property, Battery Park City Authority
• Christopher Wegman, Operations VP, FM Global
• Joshua DeFlorio, AICP, LEED AP, Chief, Resilience & Sustainability, Port Authority NY NJ - INVITED

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

About SAME

The Society of American Military Engineers Resilience Community of Interest (COI) directly supports the second SAME strategic plan goal to “Build and Sustain Resilient Communities.” The national effort contributes to government and private sector collaborations that serve to minimize the impacts of and enhance effective response and recovery to natural and man-made threats.

The goal of the SAME NYC Post Emergency Preparedness and Infrastructure Resilience Committee is to support such efforts in the New York/New Jersey region. After Superstorm Sandy in 2012, flood mapping from the Federal Emergency Management Agency changed. Structures lining 100 miles of shoreline, both along the Atlantic Ocean and deeper inland, along the regions' many rivers, need to respond to new flood inundation heights. The design and construction response to this need affects owner economics, insurance rates, insurance risk underwriting, engineering feasibility and facility usability. SAME NYC Post is committed to being the facilitator to generate the dialogue between government and the private sector about solutions.