California Assembly Bill 2800 requires the state to consider climate change for all state funded infrastructure and created the Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group to develop strategies for how to incorporate climate change into design as well as to investigate the obstacles that prevent us from doing so.
Our report, released last week, identifies the challenges, obstacles, and processes designers need to address if we are to make wise infrastructure investment decisions in an uncertain future.
I encourage you to read the report and to start a dialogue with others architects, governmental agencies, clients, and investors about how we can take a leadership role in developing the new regulatory requirements and structures that will be needed if we are to successfully navigate the changes now upon us.
Paying It Forward: The Path Toward Climate-Safe Infrastructure In California
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| Paying It Forward: The Path Toward Climate-Safe Infrastructure In California |
| Amir AghaKouchak is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on climate extreme and crosses the boundaries between hydrology, climatology, remote sensing. Amir is the principal investigator of several research grants funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). |
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James R. Deane, AIA, CDT, LEED AP, PMP
Senior Supervising Architect
WSP
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