Reducing vulnerability of buildings to flood damage : guidance on building in flood prone areas / prepared for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Floodplain Management Steering Committee.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Parramatta, NSW : Hawkesbury-Nepean Floodplain Management Steering Committee, c2006.Description: viii, 144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cmISBN: - 0734756143
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Spirally bound.
Includes bibliographical references (p.142-144).
Introduction -- Controlling risk exposure through flood-aware design -- Vulnerability of housing to floods -- General design and construction considerations -- Structural component design -- Non-structural component design.
These guidelines include information on how flooding affects the structural components of a house. They highlight potential problems for housese subjected to flood water, discuss the benefits and disbenefits [sic] of choosing various materials and c onstruction methods and discuss methods to solve those problems, provide indicative costs of adopting those solutions, and advise of the appropriate post-flood actions to repair or reinstate the damaged components.
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