Free information sheet on Timber frame construction for flood prone sites with every purchase of our new Flood management and repair pack
Customers receive the new Wood Information Sheet (WIS) 2/3-64 Timber frame design for flood prone sites free when purchasing the new Flood management and repair pack just added to the TRADA Bookshop. Also within this pack are the following two popular books from other publishers.
The LifE (Long-term Initiatives in Flood-risk Environments) project is an integrated design approach to achieving sustainable, adaptable (to climate change) and safer development. This report shows how this can be achieved, what it might cost and how it might look. The project has been funded by DEFRA as part of the 'Making space for water' programme. It combines planning policy with an integrated approach to master-planning sustainable development, which allows us to live comfortably with water, not fight against it. It promotes innovative architectural and landscape solutions where it is not possible to locate development in areas of lower flood risk. (£40.00)
With climate change and the development of property on flood plains, the flooding of buildings has become a considerable problem, both for property owners and their insurers. This book, based on extensive research, provides guidance on how to assess and repair flood damaged properties. (£39.50)
The measures described in this WIS summarise the many practical steps that can be taken - often for little extra cost - to make timber frame construction flood resistant and resilient, and likely to comply with the evolving building regulations. The main approaches to mitigating the effects of flooding are described in the Department of Communities and Local Government's (CLG) Guidance and summarised in TRADA's Construction Briefing. In order of priority, these are:
- Flood avoidance - constructing a building and its surrounds (at site level) in such a way to avoid it being flooded;
- Flood resistance - constructing a building in such a way to prevent floodwater entering it and damaging its fabric;
- Flood resilience - constructing a building in such a way that although floodwater may enter, its impact is reduced; and
- Flood repairable - constructing a building in such a way that, although floodwater enters, elements that are damaged by flood water can be easily repaired or replaced. This is also a form of flood resilience.
Customers save up to £14.50 when purchasing this pack by getting the Wood Information Sheet free, plus making an extra saving of £2.50 on the postage and packaging costs. The total cost, including postage and packing, for this pack is £99.00 £84.50 (or £89.00£80.50 to TRADA members). For more information or to place an order, please visit the TRADA Bookshop. Alternatively, contact the publications team on 01494 569602/
The LifE report: long-term initiatives for flood-risk environments
WIS 2/3-64 Timber frame design for flood prone sites