Hazard Mitigation

The Solutient Corporation has made a very clear mark in the fight to understand and limit the effects of natural disasters. Since entering the field of hazard mitigation, Solutient:

• has established strong professional relationships with FEMA executives and field personnel,
• has become recognized as the leading GIS analyst of the linkages among flood events, mitigation, and NFIP insurance claims,
• has successfully submitted hazard mitigation plans for its clients,
• provides mapping and GIS research to support the successful submissions of other hazard mitigation plans, and
• is currently managing for a client in Louisiana the largest local governmental housing and infrastructure mitigation program in this country's history.

Solutient occupies a unique niche in the effort to manage hazards and vulnerabilities. The firm has merged, under one roof, geographic information systems specialists, information technology professionals, hazard mitigation subject matter experts, and nationally recognized consulting partners. The partners bring to our engagements significant expertise in

• mitigation planning,
• the acquisition of severely flooded properties, and
• the management of housing projects for elevation and reconstruction.

Solutient has assembled an arsenal of tools and subject matter expertise that cannot be found in local consulting firms, local engineering firms, or most national firms engaged in this industry.

Solutient has been on the ground and in the trenches, working side by side with floodplain managers since the turn of the century. We regularly consult with many of the largest flood prone governmental units in the country. By the end of 2006 the Solutient team had secured for its clients more than 120 million dollars in HMGP, PDM, FMA, ICC and CDBG funding dedicated solely to rebuilding and re-claiming property and lives crushed by natural disasters and preparing for the threat posed by future disaster events. The advantage to local jurisdictions lies in what we call "The Solutient Edge." Because we repeatedly perform the services that government needs in dealing with natural disasters, we understand the grant process and questions of fundability well before these issues are defined for local governments.