Strategies for Flood Mitigation

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP is Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars, working on land use, transportation, and open space planning. He is currently serving as project manager of the Greater Houston Flood Mitigation consortium, a group of experts in hydrology, ecology, and urban planning that are working to assist decision makers and the public to address flooding in the Houston region. He teaches in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University, served on the board of  Houston METRO from 2010 to 2018, and has contributed to national APTA and NACTO standards. Spieler holds a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Rice.