MAIN GOALS - GENERAL ACTIVITIES - FIELD OF EXPERTISES
Miyamoto International is a global structural engineering and disaster-risk reduction firm providing resiliency expertise that sustains industries and safeguards communities around the world.
We are experts in earthquake and climate-resilient engineering that reduces damage and facilitates disaster recovery. We design new construction and assess existing buildings to address specific vulnerabilities to disasters. We prioritize solutions that limit damage, business interruption and loss of life.
ACTIVITY RELATED TO LOW GHG AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND RESILIENT BUILDINGS
Miyamoto International works with global stakeholders to promote more compact, socially inclusive, equitable, better integrated, better-connected cities and territories that foster sustainable development and are resilient to climate change and other disasters.
From Ecuador to Indonesia, our team has worked on countless projects in urban resilience, urban planning and urban rehabilitation, including the use of nature-based solutions and sustainable materials. Moreover, our experience in participatory planning processes and capacity building, ranging from community engagements in informal settlements to engaging hand in hand with high level officials and government entities, bring a pragmatic and cutting-edge cross-disciplinary and integrated approach to sustainability and resilience.
Our work is context driven and ranges from the use of sustainable materials and incremental retrofits that leverage local skillsets and knowledge, to flood risk mitigation and urban planning integrating nature-based solutions, participatory proceses and community development strategies, to neighborhood improvement plans seeking create more inclusion and improve livability standards in informal settlements, to regional and metropolitan vision and area plans focusing on smart climate compact city planning strategies.