Main entry:

American Institute of Architects Foundation.

Title & Author:

Elevated residential structures.

Publication:

MAR 1984.

Description:

137 pages, 41 refs, 129 figures

Notes:
"FEMA 54/March 1984"--Cover.
"Prepared under contract no. EMC-C-0579 with the Federal Emergency Management Agency"--Title page verso.
"Prepared by The American Institute of Architects Foundation"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-137).
Machine derived contents note: ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY FACTORS 1 -- FLOODING ANDI) TlE BILT EN VIRONMENT 1 -- Riverine Flooding E C(oastal Flooding -- FLOODPL AIN MANAGEMENT 4 -- National Flood Insurance Program B Base Flood Elevations B1 I and V Zones -- SITE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 8 -- SITE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS 9 -- SITE DESIGN 13 -- Site Flooding Characteristics B Access and Egress E Vegetation B] Flood Water -- D)rainage and Storage O Dune Protection -- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXAMPLES 18 -- D) ESIGN STUD IES 22 -- Bridgeport 0 Charleston and Newport B San Francisco O Chicago -- AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS 35 -- RECENT DESIGN EXAMPLES 45 -- Logan House O Summerwood on the Sound D3 Breakers Condominium D -- Campus-by-the-Sea Facility O Starboard Village O Gull Point Condominiums -- DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES 64 -- FO[U N DATIONS 65 -- Fill B Elevated Foundations E Shear Walls O Posts B Piles O Piers B Bracing -- FRAMING CONSTRtJCTION AND CONNECTIONS 80 -- Fraiming Methods B Floor Beams B Cartilevers B] Concrete Flooring Systems E1 -- Iloor Joists O Subflooring E Wall Sheathing and Bracing O Roof Connections -- RLELATiE D DESIGN CONSIDER'ATIONS 92 -- Class Protection 0 Utilities and Mechanical Equipment 0 Building Materials] -- Insulation E] Breakaway Walls B Retrofitting Existing Structures -- COST ANALYSIS 98 -- RESOURCE MATERIALS 112 -- ; LOSS A R Y 113 -- SOU HCR, CES OF DESIGN INFORMATION 116 -- F['EMA REGIONAL OF FIC ES 118 -- STATE (COORDINATING Of)FICFES FOR THE NFIP 120 -- PER FORMAN"CE CR(ITERIA 125 -- Rt EFER;ENCES 136.
Also available via Internet from the FEMA web site. Address as of 9/15/04: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/hazards/floods/fema54.pdf; current access is available via PURL.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

Subject:

Flood damage prevention United States.
Building, Stormproof United States.
House construction Climatic factors United States.
Architecture and climate United States.
Dommages causés par les inondations Prévention États-Unis.
Construction à l'épreuve de la tempête États-Unis.
Architecture et climat États-Unis.
Architecture and climate.
Building, Stormproof.
Flood damage prevention.
House construction Climatic factors.
United States.

Added entries:

United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
American Institute of Architects Foundation issuing body.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300551
Call No.: BIB 246750
Status: Available