2015 IAPMO Flood Excerpts
Date Published: January 1, 2015
The document contains excerpts of flood provisions from the 2015 editions of the UMC, UPC, USPSHTC, and USEC related to building code requirements for flood hazard areas. It focuses on the elevation and construction requirements for various building components and systems within flood hazard areas to resist hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads during flooding.
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Disaster PhaseBefore
File TypePDF
LanguageEnglish
Category
Operations & MaintenanceDesign & ConstructionTechnical Guidance
Audience
Building Professionals
Hazard Type
Flooding
Tags
building codeshydrostatic loadsflood provisionsflood damage resistanceelevation requirements