Arcadis celebrates groundbreaking of Windsor Woods Pump Station to advance flood resilience in Virgina Beach

New pump station is a milestone in the City's comprehensive strategy to reduce flooding across Windsor Woods, Princess Anne Plaza and The Lakes regions.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadis, a global design and consultancy organization for natural and built assets, today joined the City of Virginia Beach and community stakeholders to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Windsor Woods Pump Station. This facility is a critical component of the City's ongoing efforts to reduce flood risk while strengthening long-term resilience in flood-prone neighborhoods in Virginia Beach.

The new pump station will serve as a cornerstone of the broader Windsor Woods, Princess Anne Plaza and The Lakes Drainage Improvements Program, helping protect residents from the combined impacts of heavy rainfall, high tides, and storm surge. The project is part of Virginia Beach's voter-supported Ripple Effect Flood Protection Program and builds on previous investments to create a coordinated, citywide flood resilience network.

Arcadis serves as the design partner on the progressive design-build team led by Flatiron-Dragados. Working alongside the City of Virginia Beach, Arcadis will deliver a series of integrated flood protection improvements across the watershed, building upon previous work supporting the design and construction of tide gates in the area.

The program incorporates advanced monitoring and operational technologies, including water level sensors, rain gauges, and supervisory control systems that allow operators to make informed decisions in real time. As these assets come online, they are expected to integrate with Virginia Beach's emerging Stormwater Operations Control Center, a digital platform being developed by Arcadis and the City to unify forecasts, sensor data, hydraulic models and operational decision-making into a single flood management framework.

LJ Hansen, VB Director of Public Works, said: "The residents and business owners of Virginia Beach find themselves at the forefront of our changing climate. It is such an honor and a privilege for this program to help shape strategic infrastructure and policy decisions that will protect this community for generations. I am especially thrilled because we have developed a truly collaborative relationship with the staff at Arcadis. The infrastructure they are designing and the tools that they are developing, combined with the innovative way that we are trying to use them, requires nothing less. I believe that we are doing something really special here, and that this work might serve as a springboard for many other communities."

Travis Davis, Resilience Water Market Leader, Mid-Atlantic for Arcadis, said: "For communities like Windsor Woods, flood resilience requires more than a single project. It requires connected, integrated solutions that address the full water system. The Windsor Woods Pump Station is a significant milestone because it will work alongside the recently completed tide gate and future system improvements to help Virginia Beach better manage both tidal and rainfall flooding while protecting homes, businesses and critical community access."

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering data-driven sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are around 34,000 architects, data analysts, designers, engineers, project planners, water management and sustainability experts, all driven by our passion for improving quality of life. As part of our commitment to accelerating a planet positive future, we work with our clients to make sustainable project choices, combining digital and human innovation, and embracing future-focused skills across the environment, energy and water, buildings, transport, and infrastructure sectors. We operate in over 30 countries, and reported €4.9 billion in gross revenues for 2025. 

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SOURCE Arcadis