Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Preparing for a Flood: Resiliency at Massport

Sponsored jointly by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports & Rivers Institute Boston Chapter
and the Environmental & Water Resources Institute Boston Chapter

Robbin Peach, MPA, MA
Program Manager of Resiliency, Massport

Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill
5 Blossom Street, Boston MA
5:45 PM Social/Registration; 6:30 PM Dinner; 7:00 PM Presentation

Robbin Peach, program manager of resiliency at Massport, will give an overview of the Massport process to make its assets more resilient to flooding - therefore protecting our region’s economy.  She will discuss the planning process for identifying threats and critical assets, architectural and engineering solutions, and operational preparedness. Please join us for what will be a very interesting presentation.  This talk should be attended by anyone with an interest in coastal resiliency including civil engineers, architects, administrators, and planners.
 
Robbin Peach managed Massport's award-winning Disaster Infrastructure Resiliency Plan and is currently overseeing implementation of capital and operational improvements to make Massport's assets resilient to extreme flooding. She regularly sits on committees and collaborates with federal, state, regional, and intermodal transportation agencies around resiliency. Ms. Peach holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, a Master of Arts in Landscape Design and Land-use Planning from the Conway School, and a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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$90 Members, $115 Non-Members
$75 Public Sector Members, $90 Public Sector Non-Members
$30 Senior Members (65+), $30 Students

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Information/Registration: Register to attend this meeting and pay by credit card online by clicking the "Register" button above. To register online for an event at the BSCES member rate you must login using your BSCES assigned username and password. If you do not know your login information call 617/227-5551. You can also register for this event by mail or email. To do so, download and complete a BSCES Event Registration Form available at  http://www.bsces.org/bsces/file/BSCESEventRegForm(1).pdf and follow the submission instructions. Cancellations received after November 24, 2015 and no-shows will be billed.