Hurricane Sandy was one of the worst storms to hit the East Coast of the United States in quite some time. Not only did it kill quite a few people, it forced millions to relocate, and caused billions of dollars in damage. Because of this, many communities located on the coast including cities in the state of New Jersey will be significantly upgrading their building codes in the future making them much tougher and more stringent.
The New Jersey Shore was one of the hardest hit regions, and the insurance companies that did business in this area had to payout close to a billion dollars in damage claims because of this once in a century storm. Beside the damage the storm did to many properties in the area, it also had a devastating effect on the people's lives who lived there and that is one more reason that the building codes are going to be soon changed.
New Jersey Shore Proposed Building Code Changes
1) Increased heights that a building must be built off the ground, which could be as much as 10 feet or more in some locations, 2) Outside concrete support walls will need to be far thicker and stronger in the future. 3) More and heavier steel rebar will need to be used in all outside support concrete walls. 4) Wood will no longer be an approved building material for outside support walls. 5) Hurricane proof windows and doors will now be required. 6) Much stronger roof systems.
What this means to the residents who want to rebuild their homes, is that it is going to be much more costly and take ฝากขายบ้าน much longer to rebuild than they ever anticipated. In addition, if they fail to meet the new codes their insurance could be canceled completely, be much more difficult to get in the future, or they will be required to pay outrageous amounts in to be fully covered if they do not renovate and bring their structures up to code.
Not only are the new codes going to make the rebuilt structures much safer and more hurricane resistant, they are also going to noticeably affect the way some of them look and feel. Fortunately, hurricanes like Sandy do not come along too often and with any luck the next time one hits the New Jersey coastline, the new building codes will considerably reduce the devastating damage that this one caused.
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น