Resilience
Helping communities maintain safe, reliable water today and adapt for what comes next.
INTEGRATED RISK
Resilience challenges rarely occur in isolation. Physical, energy, and digital risks are interconnected, and disruption in one area can quickly affect another. An integrated view helps organizations understand dependencies, prioritize investments, and strengthen systems as a whole.
PROACTIVE PREPAREDNESS
Resilient organizations anticipate disruption before it happens.
Clear plans and practiced response strategies help teams respond decisively, make confident decisions, and maintain critical services when conditions change.
DESIGNED TO PERFORM
Resilient systems are intentionally planned and designed to remain functional under stress, adapt to changing conditions, and support reliable service over time.
Resilience at West Yost is both a service and a way of thinking. We help utilities and public agencies navigate a complex and evolving risk landscape shaped by climate impacts, aging infrastructure, energy uncertainty, and digital threats. By connecting expertise across planning, design, technology, and program delivery, we help clients strengthen systems, reduce risk, and improve long-term performance.
Resilience In Practice
Resilience can begin in one area or be addressed through an integrated planning effort. The examples below show how physical, energy, and digital resilience services can stand alone or work together to reduce risk, improve reliability, and support long-term performance.
Digital Resilience
Cyber risk and resilience assessments
AI preparedness and data strategy
AI visioning workshops
SCADA master planning and system evaluation
Physical Resilience
Condition and vulnerability assessments
Climate and hazard-informed master planning
Capital improvement planning
Infrastructure performance and risk evaluation
Energy Resilience
Energy and utility bill analysis
Backup power and redundancy planning
Distributed energy resource planning and design, including solar, storage, and microgrids
Power reliability and resilience strategy
WHY RESILIENCE MATTERS
Clients investing in resilience gain:
- Greater confidence in delivering critical services during disruption
- Reduces risk of costly emergency repairs and unplanned downtime
- Improved system reliability and long-term performance
- Clearer decision-making during uncertain conditions
- Reduced financial risk and improved insurance positioning
- Stronger credit and bond ratings
TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS
Our work is grounded in proven methodologies and industry standards, including:
- Cyber-informed Engineering and
consequence-driven approaches - AWWA risk and resilience frameworks
- NIST guidance for cybersecurity
and AI risk management - Seismic, climate, and infrastructure
design standards - Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty
Resilience Leadership
Andy Bochman
Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Strategist
Andy Bochman
Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Strategist
Andy Bochman brings deep experience helping utilities, public agencies, and industry organizations
strengthen operational resilience and reliability. During his time at Idaho National Laboratory, he
advised senior leaders on energy security, climate adaptation, and risk management. He has helped
develop leading resilience frameworks, including Consequence-driven Cyber-informed Engineering
and the Climate Resilience Maturity Model. Andy conceived and led the development of TAIGR
(Testing for AI Grid Resilience), an initiative that brings together industry, government, and research
partners to identify and address the risks associated with AI-enabled grid operations. He translates
complex infrastructure and security challenges into practical strategies that improve system performance
across the water and energy sectors.
Andrew Ohrt
Resilience Practice Lead
Andrew Ohrt
Resilience Practice Lead
Andrew Ohrt is an experienced facilitator and program manager specializing in infrastructure
resilience and cybersecurity. He leads West Yost’s Resilience Practice and key partnerships with
Idaho National Laboratory and the American Water Works Association to advance Cyber-informed
Engineering in the water sector. He has completed over 75 risk and resilience assessments and led
development of key AWWA cybersecurity guidance and tools. Andrew brings practical, hands-on
experience helping utilities build all-hazards resilience.
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RESILIENCE @ WESTYOST
West Yost’s Resilience services bring together expertise from across the firm to help clients prepare for, respond to, and adapt to an evolving risk landscape. Rather than addressing risks in isolation, we take an integrated approach that connects physical, energy, and digital resilience. This allows our team to deliver solutions that are practical, adaptable, and aligned with how systems operate in the real world. With deep experience across water, wastewater, infrastructure, and technology, West Yost helps clients build systems that endure disruption and continue to serve their communities when it matters most.