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  • Course No E – 1623
  • PDH Units 2.00

Course No E - 1623
PDH Units 2.00
$50.00

Intended Audience: civil & geotechnical engineers

PDH UNITS: 2

Get the best practices to retrofit existing residential structures to resist or mitigate the impacts of natural hazards in the coastal environment. In this course created by Don Parnell, PE, the natural hazards that are addressed include wildfires, seismic events, floods, and high winds. Specific retrofitting methods and implementation are outlined as well as available resources with more in-depth information on how to best retrofit existing residential structures in the coastal environment. Additionally, combinations of retrofitting methods and broader non-retrofitting mitigation methods will be presented together as well as the situations in which these specific combinations should be used.

Learning Objectives

At the successful conclusion of this course, you’ll be able to identify and discuss:
  • Wildfire Mitigation
  • Seismic Mitigation
  • Flood Mitigation
  • Elevating of buildings
  • Structure relocation
  • Dry and wet floodproofing
  • Floodwalls and levees
  • Multi-hazard and high wind mitigation
  • Evaluating existing homes
  • Retrofit packages and additional measures
  • FEMA wind retrofit grant programs

Course No E - 1623
PDH Units 2.00
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