Natural hazards

Floods in Switzerland in 2005 and 2007, a cyclone in Myanmar in 2008, storms in the Philippines in 2011. Natural disasters of this kind will continue to arise in future, and climate change could make the situation worse. How serious is the threat? How great could the damage be? What measures would be helpful in reducing these risks and dangers?

Ernst Basler + Partner have been tackling these issues for decades. The consideration of natural hazards requires an integrated study approach. We identify the dangers, analyse and assess risks, plan and implement cost-efficient protective measures and raise awareness among all those involved and affected using targeted communication measures and appropriate Internet services.

Customers value our ability to solve complex problems using new methods and procedures. Our activities in the field of natural hazards are interdisciplinary, with specialists from fields such as flood protection and hydraulic engineering, safety planning, geoinformation, town and country planning and structural engineering coming together to develop strategies and solutions.

This gives you as the customer the guarantee that your issues will always be approached and handled with plenty of specialist skills and the latest technical instruments, such as hydraulic modelling, remote sensing, Internet services, structural-dynamic analyses and risk assessments.
An interdisciplinary team at Ernst Basler + Partner is currently developing concepts for adapting to climate change in certain regions at home and abroad, and in different market sectors (including tourism and hydroelectricity).
The following projects will give you an insight into our activities in the area of natural hazards.

•    Hazard and risk analysis, South Tyrol, 2011
•    Software support for the hydrological assessment of watercourses, 2011
•    Flood protection and summary of the risks in the Canton of Schaffhausen, 2011
•    Implementation of cantonal natural hazard strategy, Canton of Glarus, 2010
•    Flood protection for Mareiter Bach, Sterzing (South Tyrol), 2010
•    Pragmatic risk assessment of a stretch of railway, 2010
•    Quality management for flood protection with a Wiki system, 2008