Risk and Resilience Tech Hub

The Risk and Resilience Tech Hub (RRTH) advances South Florida’s global economic leadership in resilient infrastructure by setting a new standard for next generation technology that cuts costs and protects people and property against the risk of extreme events. Building on the region’s unique resources including its cluster of clean cement companies, expertise in coastal and marine infrastructure, resilient energy industries, and academic and research institutions, the RRTH jumpstarts innovation through the development, commercialization, and scaling of risk management technologies for national security alongside domestic and international commercial markets worth over $1 trillion.

The Risk and Resilience Tech Hub’s first project focuses on bringing clean cement and concrete to market through a dynamic coalition of public and private sector partners invested in building a safe, resilient, and economically competitive community.

In July 2024, EDA awarded RRTH grant funding of approximately $19 million to implement three projects, including:
- Scaling advanced concrete technologies made with reduced emissions that protect environments in low-lying areas, specifically focusing on communities most affected by extreme weather events;
- Establishing workforce development programs that offer career pathways for small businesses and workforce development through certifications, training, and apprenticeships, supplemented with wraparound services; and
- Cutting red tape to foster collaboration among government, startups, corporations, capital partners, community advocates, and academia to rapidly affect change by deploying new risk and resilience technology where it is most needed
The Tech Hub is committed to addressing generational systemic gaps by engaging our local workforce and businesses and help them improve and ensure balanced community outcomes.
To drive effective governance, the Hub has a Steering Committee chaired by regional innovation officer (RIO), Francesca de Quesada Covey and charged with broad oversight. The eight-member committee provides the ecosystem support needed to achieve the Hub-wide vision to build and scale globally competitive resilience technologies with a comprehensive focus on workforce development, tech commercialization, policy innovation and entrepreneurship, national security, community and regional collaboration. Miami-Dade County's Office of Innovation and Economic Development serves as the lead partner of the quad-county consortium.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Tech Hubs program was established under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and aims to strengthen U.S. economic and national security by making investments in regions across the country that are poised to become globally competitive in the technologies and industries of the future. Each Tech Hub is built around a consortium of business, government, higher education, workforce, labor and community organizations. South Florida’s consortium includes 60 members and partners.

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The Tech Hub has convened a consortium of committed members and strategic partners from across South Florida. These organizations collectively represent the region’s four counties and have the diverse range of expertise, resources, and perspective required to build a globally leading resilience and risk management ecosystem. RRTH consortium members join monthly hub-wide zoom call to share success, identify opportunities, and coordinate action.

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