COPRI Lecture: East Side Coastal Resiliency Project

The ASCE Met Section COPRI chapter presents:

East Side Coastal Resiliency Project

1.0 NYS PDH will be offered.

Speakers: Maor Bezner of ECOncrete and Doug Friend of Jacobs

Abstract: 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. In addition to protecting the City from storm surge, the ESCR project comprises enhancements to the resiliency and programming of the existing parks within the project area, improved connectivity between the City and the waterfront, and enhancing the overall recreational and urban environment.

As part of these developments, the project incorporates the use of various ECOncrete elements to promote marine habitat creation along the East River Park waterfront. This lecture, led by Jacobs and ECOncrete, will focus on the design of these enhancements and how they will promote biodiversity and habitat creation within the park’s marine ecosystem and how similar solutions have performed at other sites in New York City and what should be considered for the successful implementation of these enhancements.

Speaker Bios:

Maor Bezner is an industrial designer with expertise in harmonizing environmental and technical needs for marine infrastructure. He has a proven track record in developing and refining technologies to enable mass production. Maor joined ECOncrete in 2019 and leads the R&D and project assimilation teams.

Doug Friend, PE is marine engineer and project manager with over 25 years of experience in the inspection, design and construction of coastal and waterfront structures throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and Central America. He is one of the design leads for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project and oversaw the design of the flood mitigation measures and improvements to East River Park. Mr. Friend is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts and holds degrees in Civil Engineering from Manhattan College and Columbia University.

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