Disaster Resistant Building

Posted on April 17, 2019

Study: Home Wildfire Resistance Starts with Defensible Space and Proper Materials

By Symone Strong

A recent side-by-side comparison at the IBHS Research Center shows how builders... More

Tags: Camp Fire, Landscaping, Wildfires, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Storm and Wind Resistance

Posted on May 31, 2018

Houston's Post-Harvey Reckoning

By Reed Karaim

Can the city engineer a solution to flooding? Or will it be forced to bend to the... More

Tags: Disaster Relief, Urban Development, Disaster Recovery, natural disaster, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

Posted on February 14, 2018

International Code Council Celebrates Federal Cost Share Reform Incentive Passage

By Mary Salmonsen

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 provision encourages states to adopt the latest... More

Tags: Finance, Disaster Relief, Disaster Resistant Building, BuildStrong Coalition, Bonus Systems and Incentives

Posted on January 18, 2018

NIBS Finds Investment in Resilient Design Can Pay Off By More Than Sixfold

By Wanda Lau

A new report by the National Institute of Building Sciences calculates the... More

Tags: Disaster Relief, National Institute of Building Sciences, Planning, Codes and Standards, NIBS

Posted on June 07, 2017

Increasing Demand for Resiliency Is Redefining Design

Recent hurricanes and other natural disasters have increased our focus on creating design that can respond to emergencies. Watch Jill Lerner, FAIA, principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates talk about the projects she is involved in and how resilient design is influenced by technology and the desire to have sustainability included as well. More

Tags: Design, Jill Lerner, natural disaster, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Resilient Design

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