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Building Performance: Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance

The purposes of this report are to present Building Performance Assessment Team's observation of the successes and failures of buildings in withstanding the effects of Hurricane Andrew in southern Dade County, Florida; to comment on the failure modes of damaged buildings; and to provide recommendations for improvements intended to enhance the performance of buildings in future hurricanes.

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Building Performance: Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance

The purposes of this report are to present Building Performance Assessment Team's observation of the successes and failures of buildings in withstanding the effects of Hurricane Andrew in southern Dade County, Florida; to comment on the failure modes of damaged buildings; and to provide recommendations for improvements intended to enhance the performance of buildings in future hurricanes.

Building Performance: Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance

The purposes of this report are to present Building Performance Assessment Team's observation of the successes and failures of buildings in withstanding the effects of Hurricane Andrew in southern Dade County, Florida; to comment on the failure modes of damaged buildings; and to provide recommendations for improvements intended to enhance the performance of buildings in future hurricanes.

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Title:

Building Performance: Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance

Publication date:

1992

Size:

104 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Structural Analyses , Building Standards & Codes , Buildings , Structural analysis , Performance evaluation , Damage assessment , Roofs , Walls , Debris , Failure modes , Hurricanes , Wind damage , Florida , Building codes , Building standards , Recommendations , Dade County(Florida)

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