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LAR-Laws & Rules

P.E.-Professional Engineers

 

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Building a Storm Resistant Safe Room

Course No. S-3008

Credit: 3 PDH

Course Fee: $86.85 Purchase course

Subject Matter Expert: Mark P. Rossow, PhD, P.E. (Retired)

Overview

Every year, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme windstorms injure and kill people, and cause millions of dollars worth of property damage in the United States. Even so, more and more people build homes in tornado- and hurricane-prone areas, possibly putting themselves in the path of such storms. This course is based on the FEMA publication, “Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room For Your Home or Small Business” and covers the design and construction of storm-resistant safe rooms that provide near-absolute protection from tornado or hurricane winds and associated flying debris. The designs considered are applicable to homes, small businesses, and small community shelters. This course would be of particular interest to engineers in government agencies and the military concerned with construction practices and to engineers in the construction industry.

To receive PDH credit, the reader must pass a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Procedures for assessing risk and determining if building a safe room is appropriate
  • Alternative safe-room locations such as underneath, in the basement, or in an interior room of a new home or small business
  • Effects of type of foundation on safe-room design
  • Design guidance on how to add a safe room to an existing structure
  • Selection of appropriate construction materials
  • Safe-room designs for homes or small businesses that meet or exceed the minimum shelter design requirements from the ICC-500 Storm Shelter Standard
  • Cost estimating for safe-room construction

Course

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Buildings a (Storm Resistant) Safe Room

 

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