With two consecutive nor'easters pummeling the East Coast less than two months after January's "bomb cyclone,"—and another storm forecast for March 13 that is expected to drop more than a foot of snow—architects, engineers, politicians and environmental groups in Massachusetts are calling for state regulators to force building owners to protect their properties from extreme wind, flooding and heat related to climate change and sea level rise.
"Whether we like it or not this is going to happen again and again," says Blake Jackson, Stantec's Boston-based sustainability design leader.