Consulting and Systems to Support Strategic Decisions

Following Hurricane Katrina, GCR's technological capabilities enabled us to immediately support the recovery effort. We understand that credible information will be the best guide for the use of recovery resources in every facet of the recovery process, including; housing, health care, finance, education, criminal justice, public safety, and utilities. Accordingly, our efforts are now more focused on creating information management systems that quantify, record, and report critical data to support strategic planning and critical decision making processes. [Read our Case Studies]

Our Recovery Projects

Federal

• GCR is working with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the major debris removal contractors to record, manage, and report on the progress of the debris removal initiatives associated with hurricanes Katrina and Rita and to monitor potential health hazards.
• On behalf of FEMA and the US Army Corps of Engineers, and several contracting entities, GCR built and continues to host a database and GIS application to manage and record the results of the “right of entry” program in Orleans Parish. The program has been designed to permit expansion to other communities and parishes.
• GCR has been hired by the Fannie Mae Foundation to assist the City Of New Orleans in the management of their adjudicated and blighted properties program.
• GCR has been employed as an expert witness to support the US Attorney’s Office in federal jury selection procedures in the post-Katrina era.

State

• GCR is providing support to the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA) and the New Orleans Redevelopment Agency (NORA) in the quantification of post Katrina housing needs and strategic planning initiatives.
• GCR designed and built a web site to coordinate and consolidate the Long-Term Community Planning programs initiated by parishes throughout the impact area as a part of the FEMA ESF 14 program. The web site offers an extensive list of projects by parish that delineates recovery value and provides a geographic perspective (map) of each.
• GCR provided support to Lousiana Secretary of State Al Ater in the conduct of the 2006 municipal elections in Orleans Parish. GCR accurately forecasted voter turn out for both the primary and runoff elections to facilitate the organization and staffing of polling places throughout New Orleans.

Local

• GCR has been tasked by the City of New Orleans to develop a land and housing capacity model to support demographic and economic projections for the delivery of public services.
• GCR is providing demographic and student enrollment projections for the Louisiana Department of Education, Orleans Parish School Board, Jefferson Parish School Board, and the St. Tammany Parish School Board.
• GCR is working with the Orleans Parish Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to recover and record property and evidence associated with criminal trials.