When planning and scoping for new development sites, ignoring regional flooding influences can lead to severe consequences in the future if not properly considered. This oversight can result in inadequate flood mitigation measures being installed, increased vulnerability to flooding, and long-term damage to infrastructure and property. Flooding is often a cumulative and interconnected process, where water from one area can affect downstream regions. By not taking into account regional flood influences at the development design stage, developers may face increased costs later in the design cycle or even worse once a development is constructed requiring after the fact costly mitigation. Properly accounting for regional flooding influences ensures sustainable development, reduces risk, and protects both current and future communities from the devastating impacts of floods. Due diligence with respect to potential flooding is absolutely necessary for any sites being considered for development that are currently located in or adjacent to a special flood hazard area or an approximate area of known flooding (Zone A) designated by FEMA. Analyzing a sites susceptibility to flooding and or its potential to impact to other properties during a flood event requires expert knowledge and an engineering assessment, and is often required by local municipalities prior to receiving a development order to allow construction to begin.
Flood and Coast Engineering has the necessary expertise to help evaluate any potential flooding issues before, during, or after the development site selection and or build out phases. We can prepare floodplain analysis, H&H studies, no-rise or no-impact flood studies as well as analyze proposed or as-built conditions. Our services can and often compliment existing relationships with local architects, civil designers and engineering firms through flexible agreements and professional consulting services. Additionally, these services can also include processing CLOMRs and or LOMRs through FEMA for proposed or as-built conditions. Please feel free to give us a call at +1 850-904-0788 or send us a message here (Contact Us), to discuss your proposed or existing project.