CH2M has been selected by New York city’s department of design and construction to develop preliminary and final designs for a coastal protection system that will work to mitigate floods and facilitate access to the waterfront. The East Side Coast Resiliency project is designed to encompass Lower Manhattan in an effort …
Read More »CGI to Develop Cloud-Based Flood Forecasting System for England’s Environment Agency
CGI has secured a three-year, $6.1 million contract to design and operate a cloud-based system for England’s environment agency to generate and disseminate flood forecasts. The company said Tuesday that EA’s Future Flood Forecasting System will be designed to run on Microsoft‘s Azure Cloud platform and employ rich data analysis and visualization technologies. CGI will base FFFS on the company’s Digital Insight Platform …
Read More »Jacobs to Help Assess UK Flood Risk Mgmt Program; Bob Duff Comments
Jacobs Engineering Group has won a contract to help a U.K. government agency assess an estimated $5 billion flood and coastal risk management investment initiative. The water and environmental management framework contract with England’s Environment Agency contains four base years and an additional two-year option, Jacobs said Tuesday. “We are pleased to continue …
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