Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project
Hoboken Rebuild By Design Project For Hudson River Resilience (RBDH)
Review the Hoboken rebuild by design project for Hudson River resilience.
Turnkey flood device design, fabrication, precise rigging and certified installation
- Project management coordination, general contractor collaborations, policy alignments and green infrastructure prioritization
- Supporting green and grey architecture with flood mitigation strategies or solution designs that complement the Hoboken City’s infrastructure
- Enhance overall water management systems with solution-driven approach.
Read on to learn more about how Hoboken Rebuild by design project boosts Hudson River’s resiliency.
Rebuild By Design Hudson River (RBDH)
Discover how the Rebuild By Design For Hudson supports flood mitigation, stormwater management, and citywide resiliency in Hoboken. Launched by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2013, RBD focuses on improving ecological, economical, and flood resiliency across the regions affected during Superstorm Sandy. A critical initiative in strengthening citywide resiliency, RBD prioritizes flood mitigation throughout Hoboken, Weehawken, and Jersey City. Once completed, the Rebuild By Design initiative will protect the urban infrastructure in downtown Hoboken from high tides, heavy rainfalls, storm surges, and emergency flooding events. For citywide flood protection, the OFC team coordinated with RBD to install 26 flood mitigation devices across key areas – including rolling flood gates, swinging barriers, and stop logs barriers. Review Rebuild By Design Hudson River (RBDH) project highlights:
- 9,000+ Linear Feet of Reinforced Floodwalls
- 26 Integrated Flood Gate Systems
- Rolling & Swinging Flood Gates
- Stoplog Flood Barrier Installation
- Landscape Architectural Integration
- Seating, Planters & Lighting Features
The RBDH project shows how innovative flood solutions can protect communities while maintaining accessibility and long-term resilience.
Multi-Faceted Stormwater Management Approach (Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge)
The RBD project for Hudson River resilience follows a multi-faceted stormwater management approach to support citywide flood mitigation. Under the RBD initiative, the Hudson waterfront includes hard infrastructure, soft landscapes, and a comprehensive approach to strengthen coastal defense. This multi-faceted approach focuses on four key integrated areas to enable citywide resiliency:
- Resist: Install a combination of floodwalls, seawalls, heavy-duty flood gates, and stop log barriers – along with permeable paving and rain gardens to protect the city residents from high tides, storm surges, and heavy rainfalls. Flood mitigation solutions are installed to protect key breach points during Superstorm Sandy.
- Delay: Set up urban infrastructure – including resiliency parks to slow down, capture, and store stormwater.
- Store: Expansion of Northwest & Southwest Resiliency Parks to store and filter up to 1 million gallons of water during and after major flooding emergencies.
- Discharge: Install modern urban infrastructure and amenities to strengthen the city’s existing Stormwater Management System. This proactive approach can help reduce sewage overflow, protect critical infrastructure from flooding, and enable peace of mind.
Led by New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (NJDEP), the multi-faceted stormwater management approach will support Hoboken resiliency.
$230M Federally-Funded Resiliency Project
The Hoboken RBD project uses $230 million federal funding to support Hudson River resilience. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted $230 million to organize an urban flood mitigation plan, stormwater management strategy. The goal is to protect the city from frequent flooding damage due to unexpected storm surges and high tides.
With this federal funding, the project prioritizes resilience measures that protect inland, waterfront, and urban infrastructure from damage. HUD offered funds under Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and NEPA. This ensures the project avoids, mitigates, and minimizes the stormwater impact on natural, social, and custom-built critical infrastructure. After initial approval, HUD released the funding amount for RBD in 2017- initiating the citywide efforts to enable flood mitigation.
Rebuild By Design (RBD) Efforts
Learn about key Rebuild By Design (RBD) efforts for Hudson River resilience. After citywide damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, RBD focused on coordination between architects, designers, flood mitigation experts, engineers, and urban planners to protect at-risk flooding areas in Hoboken. The project’s efforts primarily prioritized Resist, Delay, Store, and Discharge initiatives to keep the city safe from future flooding emergencies. Additionally, the project discussed strategies to strengthen urban lifestyle across the city. Here’s how RBD enabled citywide resiliency for the Hudson waterfront and inland communities:
- Installation Of Custom-Engineered Flood Walls, Flood Gates, and Flood Barriers To Strengthen Coastal Defense
- Southwest Resiliency Park To Delay & Store Stormwater Within A Vibrant Space Supporting Community Recreation
- 7th & Jackson Resiliency Park At Jackson Street To Setup A Green Urban Infrastructure Within A Dense Downtown Area
- Harborside Park With Dual Resist-Delay Strategies – Including Buried Floodwalls & Rain Gardens
Together, these multi-faceted RBD infrastructure efforts support climate resilience and create a welcoming environment for Hoboken communities.
Strengthening Railyard & Streetscape Infrastructure
In addition, the RBD initiatives strengthen railyard and streetscape infrastructure with resilient flood protection. The project maintains compliance with urban planning initiatives, municipality studies, and stakeholder inputs. This cross-trade coordination supported planning, design, and deployment of Resist structure across downtown communities, NJ transit tracks, and critical landscape infrastructure.
- The OFC team coordinated with city planners to install the best flood control devices in publicly inaccessible areas. Additionally, the flood mitigation solutions are strategically installed to protect key areas that celebrate the city’s historical values.
- For historic neighborhoods, the flood mitigation solutions are seamlessly installed to minimize disruption to local residents, businesses, and city operations
Coordinated efforts and careful planning ensure seamless, uninterrupted access to waterfront areas throughout the year.
The City Of Hoboken Resiliency – New Jersey
FLOOD DEVICE: Rolling Flood Gates
SCOPE OF WORK: Design, Supply, Installation
INDUSTRY: Critical Infrastructure
45 FT ROLLING FLOOD GATE PROTECTS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE | March 2026
The OFC team is proud to support the Rebuild By Design flood resiliency initiative and protect the Downtown Hoboken area from storm surges, high tides, and coastal flooding. This 45 FT rolling flood gate protects urban infrastructure, supports citywide resiliency, and minimizes downtime for public transportation during flooding events in downtown Hoboken. The OFC team collaborated closely with crane operators, engineers, and city planners to prioritize accuracy at every stage – while operating in tight urban conditions.
MOBILIZATION & RIGGING IN DOWNTOWN HOBOKEN TO PROTECT CITY RESIDENTS | February 2026
The OFC team orchestrates safe, calculated lifting, rigging, mobilization, and staging for large-scale projects that require high-precision logistics. Our solution-driven on-site logistics management delivers a seamless, organized, and uninterrupted experience from start to finish – bringing the difference in a successful project.
At this critical infrastructure location in downtown Hoboken, our in-house Millwright union technicians coordinated with general contractors, crane operators, city planners, engineers, and New Jersey Transit to install this massive sliding gate. Once installed, this flood gate will support citywide resiliency at one of the at-risk waterfront communities in Downtown Hoboken. Throughout the installation process, we maintained precision, safety, and accuracy at every stage – increasing protection for city residents and critical infrastructure from storm surge, high tide, heavy rainfall, and hurricanes.
PRECISE COORDINATION AND CRANE OPERATIONS ADVANCE RBDH RESIST‑NORTH INITIATIVES | January 2026
Rebuild By Design Hudson River (RBDH) is a $230M+ federally-funding project to strengthen physical, social, economic, and ecological resilience across Hoboken, Weehawken, & Jersey City. RBDH Resist principles involve a combination of hard infrastructure & soft landscaping features to serve as barriers along the waterfront – protecting communities against Hudson County’s storm surges & high tides.
Orange Flood Control, LLC collaborated directly with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to furnish 27 flood gates across the North & South zones of Hoboken. Our solution-driven team supported precision crane operations, rigging logistics, lift coordination, equipment mobilization, and device offloading – safely placing a 138FT sliding flood gate in Hoboken’s tight, densely-populated Northern end. This coordination plays a direct role in securing Hoboken’s businesses, waterfront neighborhoods, parks/recreation spaces, and growing economy.
27 FLOOD GATES IN NORTH & SOUTH ZONES OF HOBOKEN SUPPORT NJDEP & RBDH | December 2025
The Rebuild By Design-Hudson River project was established in 2013 to address physical, economic, ecological, and social resilience in response to Superstorm Sandy. The US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) awarded $230M to the State of New Jersey to strengthen protection in Hoboken, Jersey City, and Weehawken NJ.
RBDH addresses high Hudson River tides, storm surges, and heavy rainfall events in vulnerable communities & neighborhoods. This federally-funded resiliency initiative operates on critical principles to resist, delay, store, and discharge infrastructure. These responsibilities have been allocated across the City of Hoboken & other key project stakeholders. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is strategically managing the resist component – integrating hard infrastructure & soft landscaping improvements to serve as reliable coastal barriers.
Orange Flood Control, LLC is collaborating closely with the NJDEP to furnish 27 rolling & swinging flood gates citywide – designed to protect public transportation infrastructure, waterfront districts, and Hoboken’s 60,000+ residents. These systems will strengthen citywide resiliency & public safety in highly-developed, densely-populated Hudson County communities.
CITYWIDE FLOOD GATE INSTALLATION SUPPORTS NJDEP & REBUILD BY DESIGN | November 2025
The Rebuild By Design-Hudson River project was established in 2013 to address physical, economic, ecological, and social resilience in response to Superstorm Sandy. The US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) awarded $230M to the State of New Jersey to strengthen protection in Hoboken, Jersey City, and Weehawken NJ.
RBDH addresses high Hudson River tides, storm surges, and heavy rainfall events in vulnerable communities & neighborhoods. This federally-funded resiliency initiative operates on critical principles to resist, delay, store, and discharge infrastructure. These responsibilities have been allocated across the City of Hoboken & other key project stakeholders. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is strategically managing the resist component – integrating hard infrastructure & soft landscaping improvements to serve as reliable coastal barriers.
Orange Flood Control, LLC is collaborating closely with the NJDEP to install 26+ rolling & swinging flood gates citywide – designed to protect public transportation infrastructure, waterfront districts, and Hoboken’s 60,000+ residents. In total, 9,000+ linear feet of reinforced concrete flood walls were installed for this project. These systems will strengthen citywide resiliency & public safety in highly-developed, densely-populated Hudson County communities.
HOBOKEN RESILIENCY REQUIRES HIGH-PRECISION CRANE LOGISTICS | October 2025
OPERATIONAL TEST APPROVED FOR 138 FT BY 7 FT FLOOD GATE | July 2025
COORDINATED TEAM EFFORT FOR INSPECTION APPROVAL | June 2025
COLLABORATING THROUGH MID-PHASE CONSTRUCTION | May 2025
CONCRETE-INTEGRATED ALIGNMENT AND LEVELING FOR FLOOD DEVICE PERFORMANCE | April 2025
Our teams support the installation of flood protection devices with flatwork, embed setting, and leveling. We coordinate with concrete subcontractors from the initial pour to embed alignment and the finished project. This integrated approach:
• Reduces Inconsistencies In Finish
• Streamlines Coordination Challenges
• Reduces Potential Scheduling Delays
• Lowers Overall Project Costs And Rework