Climate Resiliency
Adapt. Survive. Thrive.
From Climate Modeling to Risk Assessments
Contact our climate resiliency experts to learn more about how we can assist your community
Contact UsWeston & Sampson’s climate resilience team is an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, architects, planners, and climate specialists dedicated to helping communities adapt to a changing environment.
Drawing on our firm’s sector-specific expertise in urban design, energy, facilities, and transportation, we collaborate internally and with external partners to develop innovative, people-focused solutions. Our services go beyond traditional engineering and design to include forward-thinking strategies that address both current and future climate challenges.
Our climate resilience practice provides a comprehensive range of interdependent services, including climate modeling, risk and vulnerability assessments, planning, design guidelines, public engagement, adaptation strategies, and sustainability and mitigation planning. We support clients from the earliest stages of identifying risks and establishing baselines through planning, design, and implementation. By incorporating the latest climate data and models, we work to design infrastructure, buildings, and natural resources that are resilient to both chronic stresses and catastrophic events.
Our climate resilience services are grounded in a deep understanding of community needs and are designed to help municipalities, public agencies, and private-sector clients thrive in the face of environmental uncertainty. Whether supporting long-term planning or immediate response needs, we are committed to building sustainable, adaptable communities for today and into the future.
Services & Capabilities
- Resilience, climate adaptation, management planning &design
- Climate vulnerability, risk, & resiliency assessments
- Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) & Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) services
- Grant application & preparation
- Community outreach & stakeholder engagement
- Translate climate models & uncertainty into feasible engineering design criteria
- Hydrologic & hydraulic 1-D & 2-D modeling
- Watershed analysis & coastal & inland flood inundation mapping
- Greenhouse gas emissions accounting & mitigation
- Climate resilient design standards & guidelines development
- Drought management
- Wetland restoration
- Flood mitigation
- Water resource management
Featured Media
RMAT Beta: Statewide Climate Resilience Design Standards Tool
Weston & Sampson is proud to have served as the lead technical consultant for the Resilient MA Action Team (RMAT) in developing the Statewide Climate Resilience Design Standards Tool, which was recently released by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. This first-in-the-nation web-based beta tool makes preliminary climate resilience analyses broadly available to the public at no charge to inform “climate smart” capital planning and design.
Featured Work
First-Ever Charles River Watershed Flood Model
Weston & Sampson worked with the Charles River Watershed Association, who, using grant funding from the Massachusetts MVP program, has developed and released the first ever comprehensive stormwater flood model for the Upper and Middle Charles River watershed. The model will aid in planning for mitigation of flooding caused by increased precipitation.
Learn more on the ESRI Story Maps
Featured Media
Moakley Park: South Boston Waterfront Resiliency
Weston & Sampson is proud to support the City of Boston and lead consultant Stoss Landscape Urbanism with advancing climate resilience along the South Boston waterfront, and improving community opportunities at Moakley Park. This video, produced by Stoss, details the design process, and collaborative nature of the project. Julie Eaton Ernst, PE details the technical assessments and subsurface investigations that informed design considerations for resiliency improvements.
Climate Resiliency Projects
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