I'm working on improving how climate projections get incorporated into infrastructure design and wanted to get a pulse on current practice.
For those of you designing infrastructure with 50+ year design lives (bridges, buildings, water systems, etc.):
How are you accounting for changing climate conditions?
- Are you using future climate projections at all, or sticking with historical data?
- If using projections, where does the data come from? (CMIP6, state/federal guidance, third-party consultant, other?)
- Does your client or AHJ specify what to use, or do you have flexibility?
- Who on your team handles the climate data selection/processing?
- How much scrutiny does your climate methodology get during peer review?
Curious if there's an emerging consensus on best practices or if everyone's still figuring this out project-by-project.
Thanks in advance for any insights!
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DJ Rasmussen, PhD, M.ASCE
Applied Climate Scientist
San Diego CA
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