Library

Document describing portions of the flood provisions from the 2018 editions of the IBC, IRC, IEBC, IMC, IPC, IFGC, IFC, ISPSC, IPSDC, and ICC Performance Code.

Report describing the experience gained from AIA’s Disaster Assistance Program with first-hand accounts of disaster response and recovery, case studies and other best practices, including approaches to designing buildings to be more adaptable to uncertainty.

Report providing tools and resources to help community planners to improve coastal resilience.

Fact sheet describing what builders need to know about designing a structure for flood loads.

Report providing information on ways to incentivize funding of hazard mitigation programs.

Report describing the research gap in the connection between resilience and energy efficiency.

Fact sheet describing how to prepare for hurricane season and mitigate damage from floods and high winds.

Website describing wet floodproofing measures to prevent against structural damage, internal damage and damage to electrical components.

Document describing living shoreline techniques for shoreline stabilization.

Article describing how omission of two small but critical wall details, a kick-out flashing and a weep screed, lead to extensive water damage to a wall.

Article from Building Science Corporation explaining 'wash and wear buildings' that are designed to be flooded and washed out afterwards.

Report updating and expanding on a 2005 study that found, among other things, that every $1 of natural hazard mitigation funded by FEMA between 1993 and 2003 saved the American people an average of $4 in avoided future losses.

Guide describing flood protection measures for utility systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fuel.

Report providing strategies to support occupant behavior changes for enhancing resilience, and to reduce a building's vulnerability to extreme weather, climate change, and loss of power.

Report covering the reconstruction of flood damaged homes.