Resilient Buildings

Basics

• Buildings that are "disaster proof" to a certain extent
• Main issues are:
• High Wind (Hurricanes + Tornadoes)
• Flooding (Floods, Hurricanes)
• Fire (Internal, or caused via external fires (other buildings, wildfires) )
• Lightning Strikes
• Pests (Termites, Carpenter Ants/Wasps, etc)
• Flying Debris (Even strong storms can throw debris and break windows etc

Internal Links

• Resilient Design Institute

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on The RBC