Building Codes

May is Building Safety Month, and this year’s campaign, “It Starts with You,” reinforces the need for the adoption of modern, regularly updated building codes, and helps individuals, families and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures.

Mobile homes damaged by the winds and rain of Hurricane Ike in 2008, resulted in new homes for 54 residents of Montgomery County, Texas. Little did they know just how much that hurricane would change their lives.

En enero, el Apoyo de Ciencias de la Construcción en Desastres movilizó un equipo de expertos en la materia hacia el suroeste de Florida. Con el nombre de Equipo de evaluación para la mitigación (MAT, por sus siglas en inglés), estos treinta y dos profesionales de múltiples agencias federales, además del estado, sector privado y otras organizaciones, aprovecharon su conocimiento combinado en el campo para observar los efectos del huracán Ian en el ambiente construido.

In January, the Building Science Disaster Support Program deployed a team of subject matter experts to southwest Florida. Referred to as a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT), these thirty-two professionals from across the federal family, as well as the state, private sector and other organizations, leveraged their combined knowledge in the field to observe Hurricane Ian’s effects on the built environment.

Take a coffee break with us! Learn about how equitable emergency management and hazard mitigation planning can protect at-risk communities.