FLOOD MITIGATION

Long Beach City took the wrath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, causing damages to city property. The work address to protect the city’s existing facilities that house the sanitation and city maintenance departments, critical to the response during flood events. The proposed flood risk reduction measures will involve the construction of flood protection system on the existing facilities located at 150 W Pine Street. The project includes the installation of flood barrier walls along the perimeter of the building to dry floodproofed the ground floor spaces with minimal interruption to the daily operations of the city. The subject property is within the Zone AE of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) of the FIRM with given BFE of 9-ft NAVD88.

Major renovation of the entire 3-story wood structure built circa 1920 and situated in a flood hazard area for adaptive use as the new Hewlett-Packard’s New York City base.​ In response to the flood event during Superstorm Sandy which inundated the building, a comprehensive flood mitigation measures were carried out including the construction of new pressure slab at the basement level the design of removable flood walls. The implemented flood mitigation measures were one of the early projects approved by NYC DOB under Appendix G: Flood-Resistant Construction after Superstorm Sandy.