Flood resilience for new and existing buildings: Introduction Part 1 of 4

1:23 Key risk factors
3:30 Business case study: Insurance
4:07 Case study: Community planning - wildfire
5:30 Maintenance record and design philosophy statement
8:38 Case Study: Underground parkades
9:36 Parkade vent shaft design
Links to resources
Slide 2
MBAR: www.bchousing....
Slide 3
Builder Guide to Site and Foundation Drainage: Best Practices for Part 9 Buildings in BC: www.bchousing....
Housing Foundations and Geotechnical Challenges: www.bchousing....
Engineers and Geoscientists Professional Practice Guidelines: www.egbc.ca/ap...
Flood Hazard Area Land Use Management Guidelines: www2.gov.bc.ca...
BC Building Code & Plumbing Code and Vancouver Building By-law & Plumbing By-law: www.bcpublicat...
Slide 4
iMapBC (Launch iMapBC ; Add Layers Now under Home/Build Your map ; Search “Flood” ; Select
relevant datasets. To learn more about an element on the map, click “Identify” under the home menu
and then click on the element):
www2.gov.bc.ca...
Coastal flooding:
www2.gov.bc.ca...
Slide 9
Design Philosophy Statement:
ramconsulting.... ramconsulting....
Sample Maintenance Manual:
www.travelersc...
Slide 14
Vent Shaft Drawing and Specifications:
www.ramconsult...
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Flood Resiliency Recommendations Matrix:
www.ramconsult...
Make Your Emergency Plan:
www2.gov.bc.ca...
Getting Ready Before a Flood:
www2.gov.bc.ca...
Flood Preparedness (City of Surrey):
www.surrey.ca/...
Fraser River Flood Preparation: www.surrey.ca/...
Municipal GIS Maps and other helpful links
Available under “Relevant Links” here:
www.ramconsult...
City of Vancouver Areas of Concern Map: maps.vancouver...