East Coast Resiliency

Description

AEIS has been providing quality assurance inspection services pertaining to Soil, Concrete, Asphalt, Grouting, Pile Driving, Welding on this NYC DDC Project.

• ACI-certified field and lab personnel have performed concrete cast-in-place, concrete batch plant, reinforced steel inspections, and concrete field sampling and testing.
• AWS-certified welding inspectors have performed structural steel welding inspections.
• NYS PE have performed pile inspections.
• Codes utilized: NYS DOT, NYCBC 2014 and AWS D1.1

Scope

The East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project is a coastal protection initiative, jointly funded by the City of New York and the federal government, aimed at reducing flood risk due to coastal storms and sea level rise on Manhattan’s East Side from East 25th Street to Montgomery Street. The boundaries of this project correspond with the natural “pinch-points” in the 100-year floodplain: areas where the land is higher along the coastline, making it easier to close the system off from water entering from the north and south. The project design integrates flood protection into the community fabric, improving waterfront open spaces and access, rather than walling off the neighborhood. Construction on the East Side Coastal Resiliency project began in Fall 2020 and will continue through 2026.