2024 Recovery & Resilience Conference

Registration and Networking

15min

Session 1 – Path to Resilience with Adoption and Sustainability Efforts

Speakers

• Dirk Kestner, PE, SE, LEED AP BD+C, ENV SP
  Director of Sustainable Design @ Walter P Moore


• Andy Yung, PE, CFM
  Chief Hydrologist @ Walter P Moore

45min

Break

10min

Session 2 – Climate Change Risk Mitigation

Speaker

• Charlie Penland, PE, LEED AP BD+C
  Director of Business Development – Infrastructure @ Walter P Moore

• Kat Statman
  Shareholder @ Baker Donelson

45min

Break

10min

Session 3 – Panel – How Resilient is Your Facility?

Moderator

• Adam Green
  Shareholder @ Baker Donelson

  Panelists  

• Jordan Corbitt, Esq.
  Associate @ Baker Donelson

• Brandon Kahn
  General Manager @ Alley Theatre

• Julie Lucas, MS
  Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning, Design and Construction @ UTHealth Houston

• Mark E. Williams, PhD, PE, SE, PEng
  Managing Director, Diagnostics Group, Houston @ Walter P Moore

 

55min

Happy Hour / Sign up for a tour (click for full details)

Sign up for a tour (Each tour accommodates 10 guests, and all tours are the same):

• • 4:40-5:00PM: Exclusive Tour of the Alley Theatre Flood Protection

• • 5:05-5:25 PM: Exclusive Tour of the Alley Theatre Flood Protection

The theater had flood protection after Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, but Hurricane Harvey still flooded its basement with 17 feet of water. Walter P Moore was called to assess vulnerabilities. The project was challenging due to the theater's location in downtown Houston and its architectural constraints. The team developed creative flood protection solutions that preserved the building's integrity and functionality.

90min