Shell Point Resilience Review

Resilience planning provides strategies to address current and future climate threats to vulnerable communities in the lowcountry.

After Sherwood Design Engineers’ previous work with Biohabitats on the local Military Installation Resilience Review (MIRR), the Lowcountry Council of Governments sought to implement strategies that were identified in the MIRR to build resiliency for coastal military installations and their nearby communities as the threats of climate change increase.

Sherwood led an interdisciplinary design team that provided resilience planning and design services to support the implementation of climate protection strategies at South Carolina’s US 21 Shell Point interchange. As a key member of the team, Biohabitats led stakeholder engagement, characterized threats to existing marshland, identified nature-based solutions to address flooding concerns while improving marsh health, and contributed to 60% design plans to move the MIRR’s top-ranking pilot project forward. The design documentation will be used to secure grant funding and provides a foundation for the advancement of construction documentation and implementation.

The MIRR and the subsequent Shell Point Resilience Review streamlined a comprehensive approach to address current and future climate threats that may affect at-risk communities and coastal military installations in the lowcountry.

TAGS

• Analysis+Planning
• Design
• Climate Adaptation + Resistance