Paul Alt and Eric Davis
At its crest, the water that spilled over the Cedar River’s banks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on June 11, 2008, rose over 31 feet high—more than 11 feet higher than the city’s last record flood in 1993. Spreading for more than 10 miles, the floodwater affected more 7,000 parcels of land, including more than 300 government buildings. CDM was assigned the task of assessing and documenting the damage from the flood.
Paul Alt and Eric Davis were featured in the Chicago Architect article, "Deluged," which presents CDM's disaster recovery efforts in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Reprinted from Chicago Architect, July/August 2009, with permission. Copyright © 2009, AIA Chicago.