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The Gowanus Canal

Advocating for Greener, More Equitable Neighborhoods

For seven years, I have had the honor to volunteer for the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC), a nonprofit organization that truly embodies STV’s purpose to “make communities better.” In the case of the GCC, we execute on that purpose by ...
Green technology

Nature-Based Solutions for Stormwater Runoff

In its efforts to address the effects of climate change on infrastructure, the Biden administration recently released a roadmap for natured-based solutions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural ecosystems within infrastructure improvements. Well-designed, nature-based solutions are essential tools in ...
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

New Research Paper Looks at Resilience at Critical Facilities

In a new research paper that was funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), STV Vice President, Technical Director and Engineering Chief Christopher Cerino, P.E., F.SEI, DBIA, examines best practices to improve disaster resilience for our communities ...
New Jersey Map

Two STV Projects Win NJAA Awards for Improved Resilience

STV was a key member of two award-winning project teams that were honored by the New Jersey Alliance for Action (NJAA). Both the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s (PANYNJ) Holland Tunnel Salt Damage Repairs and Storm Mitigation ...
Flooded homes

Designing Structures Around Coastal Inundation Events

STV Vice President, Technical Director and Engineering Chief Christopher Cerino, P.E., F. SEI, DBIA, a renowned expert in resilience and adaptability for climate change, is playing a key role in efforts to update codes and standards featured in the FEMA ...
Columbia students with STV staff at our NYC office

STV Brings Master Students New Perspectives on Project Management

In partnership with Columbia University’s Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) Master of Science Program, STV recently provided a select group of students with a first-hand view of project management in action by conducting the class at the firm’s New York ...
Climate and resilience in balance

Finding Ways to Measure Equity and Climate Resilience for Clients

While transportation agencies are rapidly working towards establishing more targeted equity and climate resilience goals to better protect public infrastructure against the effects of global climate change, the approach to track progress against these goals and targets is still in ...
Breanna Gribble

“Resilience Crusader” Honored by Major Industry Magazine

Since joining STV in 2019, Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEDG, WELL AP, Fitwel Ambassador, has played a crucial part in growing our resilience practice. As the firm’s senior resilience manager, she has advised teams on multi-hazard resilient design, performed ...
A home destroyed by Hurricane Sandy

10 Years After Superstorm Sandy: STV’s Thought Leadership on Resilient Design Continues to Guide Infrastructure Improvements

As we reach the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy – one of the most costly and destructive weather events to ever hit the Northeastern United States – the need to innovate and think outside the box to protect and prepare ...
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

A Force of Nature: Transformed Hospital Brings a More Resilient Future to South Brooklyn

During an emergency, community hospitals often serve as havens for healing. But on October 29, 2012, NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, formerly known as Coney Island Hospital, proved to be just as vulnerable to the impacts of a generational ...
New York Team Hosts Salvadori Center Career Development Event for High School Students

STV Hosts Salvadori Center Career Development Event for High School Students

Members of STV’s New York team recently hosted a group of students from the Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design for a group discussion about pursuing careers in architecture and engineering. The visit was arranged by the prestigious Salvadori ...
Breanna Gribble

Senior Resilience Manager Selected for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Resilience and climate adaptation expert Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEGD, WELL AP, STV senior resilience manager, is among 100 of the nation’s brightest young professionals selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) annual U.S. Frontiers of ...
STV and CP&Y logos over water

Growing a Team to Meet the Challenges of the Water Industry

Last year’s passage of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act marked a watershed moment for an industry that was already at a crucial juncture regarding the urgency for investment and innovation. Rapid urbanization, skyrocketing demand and insecurity, global climate ...
Breanna Gribble and Ron Deverman

Green Thinking: STV Environmental Experts Present at Annual Conference

Two of STV’s environmental and sustainability experts recently spoke at the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) Annual Conference & Training Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Ron Deverman, CEP, vice president and national environmental planning leader, presented, “The Power and ...

Adaptive Resilience and Rethinking Disaster Management Post-Pandemic

Since 2002, the United States has endured seven of the 10 most costly disasters in its history, with 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and 2012’s Superstorm Sandy topping the list. As a result, in concert with our clients and our stakeholders in ...
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Aerial Image

Going Beyond the Code for Resilience at Major Wastewater Treatment Facility

When developing the structural design for a 2.5-mile-long floodwall to protect the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s (PVSC) Newark, NJ, plant – a plant that took on 200 million gallons of floodwater during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and was inoperable for ...
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The Gowanus Canal

Advocating for Greener, More Equitable Neighborhoods

For seven years, I have had the honor to volunteer for the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC),…

Read More

Green technology

Nature-Based Solutions for Stormwater Runoff

In its efforts to address the effects of climate change on infrastructure, the Biden administration recently…

Read More

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
,

New Research Paper Looks at Resilience at Critical Facilities

In a new research paper that was funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology…

Read More

New Jersey Map

Two STV Projects Win NJAA Awards for Improved Resilience

STV was a key member of two award-winning project teams that were honored by the New…

Read More

Flooded homes
,

Designing Structures Around Coastal Inundation Events

STV Vice President, Technical Director and Engineering Chief Christopher Cerino, P.E., F. SEI, DBIA, a renowned…

Read More

Columbia students with STV staff at our NYC office

STV Brings Master Students New Perspectives on Project Management

In partnership with Columbia University’s Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) Master of Science Program, STV recently…

Read More

Climate and resilience in balance

Finding Ways to Measure Equity and Climate Resilience for Clients

While transportation agencies are rapidly working towards establishing more targeted equity and climate resilience goals to…

Read More

Breanna Gribble

“Resilience Crusader” Honored by Major Industry Magazine

Since joining STV in 2019, Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEDG, WELL AP, Fitwel Ambassador, has…

Read More

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
,

A Force of Nature: Transformed Hospital Brings a More Resilient Future to South Brooklyn

During an emergency, community hospitals often serve as havens for healing. But on October 29, 2012,…

Read More

New York Team Hosts Salvadori Center Career Development Event for High School Students

STV Hosts Salvadori Center Career Development Event for High School Students

Members of STV’s New York team recently hosted a group of students from the Williamsburg High…

Read More

Breanna Gribble

Senior Resilience Manager Selected for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Resilience and climate adaptation expert Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEGD, WELL AP, STV senior resilience…

Read More

STV and CP&Y logos over water
,

Growing a Team to Meet the Challenges of the Water Industry

Last year’s passage of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act marked a watershed moment for…

Read More

Breanna Gribble and Ron Deverman

Green Thinking: STV Environmental Experts Present at Annual Conference

Two of STV’s environmental and sustainability experts recently spoke at the National Association of Environmental Professionals…

Read More

,

Adaptive Resilience and Rethinking Disaster Management Post-Pandemic

Since 2002, the United States has endured seven of the 10 most costly disasters in its…

Read More

Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Aerial Image
,

Going Beyond the Code for Resilience at Major Wastewater Treatment Facility

When developing the structural design for a 2.5-mile-long floodwall to protect the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s…

Read More

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