Unified New Orleans Plan

BKI was contracted to be part of the Planning Team to develop a broadly-supported recovery plan for the City of New Orleans following the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in September 2005.  The plan was a blend between traditional community-based planning and strategic planning and featured a high degree of public participation and input. 

BKI had a lead role in setting priorities, schedules and directions for the development of the overall plan, and special involvement in the assessment of flood risk and infrastructure recovery.  BKI coordinated the development of the list of recovery projects, the setting of priorities and estimating costs.  The plan was delivered on schedule and was approved by the New Orleans City Planning Commission, the City Council and the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA).