Stepping back a bit we have to remember why, according to IPET, the flood protection system failed and that was because it was a system in name only. Well guess what? It's still a system in name only even though its been renamed as a risk reduction system.
IPET went on to say that if its ever built again it should use a "systems approach." That ain't happening! There's no integration with non-structural measures such as elevation or relocation which might be cheaper than drive good piles after bad ones. There's no coordination with grant programs to rebuild or elevate. This fiasco is about steel and concrete and deception rather than about safety and a systems approach.
As long as the Corps and all the other governmental parterns in delusion continue to use 19th century project management as the basis for assuring our safety, we will remain at risk. What we need is what the Dutch do: safety first and a systems approach
Posted on $100 million in work planned to bolster three New Orleanson canals March 02, 2010, 1:19PM
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