Skip to main content

Brian Batten

Oct 30, 2026

1:36
Walk me through it.
1:38
I've been a shepherd of a lot of these efforts the way through.
1:41
So I'll kind of give the big picture and how we got to this rainfall issue and trying to create, not trying, but creating models that kind of help us understand how the scale and the change of that across Virginia's coastal plain.
1:57
So back in 2020, the state of Virginia kind of, recognized the need that climate change, sea level rise, and other flood hazards at that time, the focus was first sea level rise, posed a pretty big threat to the state and its economy, and began a framework that led into what became the first coastal resilience master plan for the state of Virginia, and that was developed through Virginia's Department of Conservation.
2:26
and recreation.
2:27
And our company served as the sole prime contractor for that effort, ushering it in.
2:35
And, you know, again, a lot of the focus there was, and I'm a coastal practitioner as well, some of my background, but was sea level rise and how that could impact the state.

17 MINS LATER

19:57
But, you know, looking at

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.