Projects

TMS provides waterfront and flood resiliency consulting services to Wildflower for its 5.25 acre site in Queens, New York. The Project consists of a 760,000 square foot Film, TV, AR/VR and Gaming content creation facility located on Luyster Creek. The Development Site is also located in a “Flood Zone” – i.e., an area that has a 1% chance of flooding in a given year, as indicated on the approved and/or preliminary flood insurance rate maps prepared by FEMA, colloquially referred to as the ‘hundred-year flood zone’ – and is therefore subject to the Flood Area Regulations.

By conducting a building vulnerability assessment to identify areas of the proposed building that may be susceptible to flood damage TMS evaluated the vulnerability of both the existing site, as well as the proposed assets at the building level, and offered a risk assessment and economic loss estimations to improve returns and resilience. Specifically, TMS identified existing site vulnerabilities and examined the potential damage and loss to proposed building structures, contents, and business interruptions from flooding. Based on these findings, TMS developed a series of risk mitigation and adaptation recommendations for the property and the newly proposed structures to protect against Flooding Risks, and Climate Change Impacts.

TMS then assisted the Project Team’s Architects and Engineers to incorporate the high-level recommendations into actual designs, thereby making existing and new structures safer and more resilient. Design-level recommendations, both structural and operational included Hazard  and  Risk  Mitigation  Recommendations.  Namely,  climate  change  adaptation recommendations, as related to sea level rise to ensure that the building’s resilient design accounts for emergency response and business continuity plans. Workshopping sessions were held with the design team from schematic design and design development through to construction documentation to envision the various flood protection options presented, navigate  alternatives,  and  ultimately  select  and  implement  viable  floodproofing recommendations for the Wildflower Project to comply with applicable codes and project goals.