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Coastal construction manual : principles and practices of planning, siting, designing, constructing, and maintaining residential buildings in coastal areas.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Flood damage prevention--United States.
- Flood damage prevention.
- House construction--Climatic factors--United States.
- House construction.
- Hazardous geographic environments--United States.
- Hazardous geographic environments.
- House construction--Climatic factors.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([253] pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Other Title:
- Principles and practices of planning, siting, designing, constructing, and maintaining residential buildings in coastal areas
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.?] : Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mitigation Directorate, 2011.
- Contents:
- Volume I: Introduction
- Historical perspective
- Identifying hazards
- Siting
- Investigating regulatory requirementa
- Fundamentals of risk analysis and risk reduction.
- Volume II: Pre-design considerations
- Determining site-specific loads
- Designing the building
- Designing the foundation
- Designing the building envelope
- Installing mechanical equipment and utilities
- Constructing the building
- Maintaining the building
- Retrofitting buildings for natural hazards
- Coastal construction calculation tool.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 19, 2012).
- "FEMA P-55 CD, volumes I and II / August 2011."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Coastal construction manual.
- CD-ROM version: United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mitigation Directorate. Coastal construction manual.
- OCLC:
- 780441048
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