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NYS Rising Community Reconstruction on Staten Island

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New York State has supported and aided Staten Island through the NY Rising Community Reconstruction and Program to rebuild one- to four-unit homes that were destroyed or substantially damaged by the storm. Tectonic performed a subsurface investigation for over 40 properties affected by the storm. This included borings, recommendations to the structural engineer regarding selection of foundation type and a geotechnical report for each property. Infiltration testing was also performed.

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NYSHTFC Environmental Review Services Term Agreement

Tectonic’s provided environmental review services under a three (3) year term contract for environmental review services to the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation, a division of the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). The NYSHTFC was created by Section 45-a of the Private Housing Finance Law for the purpose of providing decent and affordable housing for persons of low-income by making loans, grants and services available to not-for-profit organizations, local governments and private housing developers. Among other activities, HTFC primarily invests in the construction and rehabilitation of multi-unit rental housing for families and elderly persons throughout New York State. HTFC makes awards annually to approximately 150 activities requiring environmental review services.

Services include:

  • Reviewing information and document compliance in accordance with requirements of HUD environmental review regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 for implementation of HUD’s responsibilities for use of federal funds under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
  • Providing technical assistance with respect to the HTFC’s programmatic environmental review process to Local Program Administrators (LPAs) for awards made under the New York State HOME Program.
  • Coordinating the flow of information and documentation between the HTFC and all interested or involved constituencies to produce programmatic environmental review procedures that become part of the revised Administrative Plan for subsequent site-specific environmental reviews.
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GOSR Term Agreement for Program Management and Advisory Services

In October 2012, the largest storm surge in New York’s recorded history swept ashore. Hurricane Sandy’s effect was devastating, causing widespread damage to core infrastructure. To assist with the relief of affected residents, Tectonic holds a three year period to provide expert policy and regulatory consulting, information, project management support, research and financial analysis, data and information systems support and other services across an expansive range of CDBG-DR funded projects and programs.

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Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan

The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all local governments to have approved Hazard Mitigation Plans in order to receive Hazard Mitigation Grant Program project grant funds. The Town of Warwick joined with the Villages of Warwick, Florida and Greenwood Lake to develop a multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Town of Warwick contains three villages and sixteen hamlets, and encompasses a total area of the 105 square miles. Tectonic prepared the Hazard Mitigation Plan which focused on developing strategies for taking preventative measures to reduce possible future disasters on the community.  The Plan was approved by FEMA and the NYSDHSES and adopted by each community. The communities were successfully awarded a grant from FEMA as a subgrantee to the NYSDHSES.

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GOSR Term Agreement for Construction Management and Support Services

In October 2012, the largest storm surge in New York’s recorded history swept ashore. Hurricane Sandy’s effect was devastating, causing widespread damage to core infrastructure. To assist with the relief of affected residents, Tectonic holds a two year contract with the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery of the Housing Trust Fund Corporation to provide Construction Management Support Services in connection with its administration of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds appropriated by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113-2). Tectonic was 1 of only 2 awardees that were pre-qualified for all 5 tasks including: Damage Assessments; Environmental Assessments; Inspection Services; Demolition Services; and, Project Level Design and CM. Tectonic is currently providing in-house staff augmentation for GOSR, providing senior level management in support of the GOSR Director of Housing, as well as technical analyst support.

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GOSR Term Agreement for Environmental Review, Management and Testing

In October 2012, the largest storm surge in New York’s recorded history swept ashore. Hurricane Sandy’s effect was devastating, causing widespread damage to core infrastructure. NYS developed a Storm Recovery Plan that focused on meeting the immediate needs for housing and business assistance through HUD in the form of CDBG-DR funding for the immediate acquisition of properties and relief of affected residents through a voluntary buyout program. Tectonic has been providing environmental services for homes and small businesses in State Island and Upstate New York that have been included in the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery’s programs under a two year agreement with a one year extension. Resiliency, repair & reconstruction as well as buyout programs are some of the exciting projects Tectonic has been involved with and continue to work on.

As part of the contract, Tectonic completed environmental review services for the program and demolition of nearly 500 homes in the Oakwood Beach area of Staten Island known as the Oakwood Beach Buyout Program. Tectonic has provided full Type 1 action services under SEQR, including: preparation of a Full Environmental Assessment Form (LEAF), Coast Consistency Assessment, Phase 1 Environmental Assessment, HUD Environmental Assessment NEPA Checklist and the 8-Step public noticing and comment process for Floodplain Management Plan and FONSI.

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FEMA – Funded Culvert Replacements

Tectonic worked closely with the Town of Warwick to provide multi-discipline engineering services on various culverts and Town roadways that were destroyed after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in August/September 2011. The Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) declared the region eligible for disaster relief funding and the project was performed under an expedited emergency repair framework. Tectonic coordinated with municipal staff to assess the town-wide damage inflicted by the storms and estimate damages. Ten locations were determined to be “large” FEMA projects and required engineering and permitting to facilitate replacement.

Tectonic performed multiple engineering services at six of the ten locations:

  • Cascade Road (arch culvert to permit fish passage on a regulated watercourse)
  • Black Rock Road (arch culvert to permit fish passage on a regulated watercourse)
  • Bowen Road (arch culvert to permit fish passage on a regulated watercourse
  • Distillery Road (box culvert)
  • Jessup Road (arch culvert to permit significant flow passage)
  • Ketchum Road (box culvert)

Tectonic’s services included:

  • Topographic surveys
  • Geotechnical subsurface investigations for culvert and wingwall foundations
  • Hydraulic modeling (Federal Highway Administration HY-8 Culvert Hydraulic Analysis Program) of the proposed improvements to size the culverts
  • Design and permitting plans generation
  • Permitting of the site (New York State Office of Parks and Historic Preservation, US Army Corps of Engineers emergency general permitting, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation emergency Protection of Waters, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
  • Construction documents
  • Public bid and construction support