A region’s infrastructure, facilities, operations of government agencies and the lives and livelihoods of an entire community are affected when a natural or man-made disaster strikes. The Louis Berger Group leverages our global presence and the depth of planning, engineering, and environmental expertise resident within the company to support our clients’ disaster management needs. Immediately following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, LBG deployed a multidisciplinary team of engineers, disaster response experts, and development professionals. Our team deployed from U.S.-based offices and coordinated closely with our ongoing operations in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. LBG has capabilities in all stages of disaster management from pre-disaster planning to long-term economic redevelopment of an affected area. We work with national, state and local governments to assist with disaster preparedness and provide training to ensure a community is best positioned to mitigate the effects of such a hazard. LBG also has proven rapid response capabilities, and we are able to support those in immediate need in a variety of ways, including delivery of relief supplies and provision of emergency power generation. LBG is renowned for our ability to be the first into an area to conduct damage and infrastructure assessments and to assist our government clients in the identification of reconstruction projects that will most efficiently improve the lives of those affected. In December of 2001, we entered Afghanistan and conducted a rapid assessment of the country’s road network. We did the same in Southern Sudan. In the United States, we responded to the island of American Samoa after a devastating tsunami to conduct damage assessments for the U.S. Postal Service. Disaster recovery is a process that can take months or even years, and LBG’s integrated solutions include master planning, infrastructure reconstruction, and debris management. A community’s economic and social infrastructure can also be devastated by natural and man-made hazards, and long term economic redevelopment is critical to the sustainability of any physical reconstruction. LBG not only has a depth of experts in physical infrastructure, but our experienced economists, sociologists, and development specialists collaborate with our clients to evaluate and implement long-term redevelopment strategies to promote sustainable livelihoods.
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The Louis Berger Group recently opened an office in Galveston, Texas to better support the needs of the growing, hurricane-prone region.
Read More LBG Opens New Texas Office to Support Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure and Building Project Services in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region
