Resilience (engineering and construction)

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For other uses, see Resilience (disambiguation).
A home in Gilchrist, Texas, designed to resist flood waters survived Hurricane Ike in 2008. (Photo courtesy of FEMA/Joselyne Augustino)

Resilience is a design objective for buildings and infrastructure. It is the ability to absorb or avoid damage without suffering complete failure.[1][2][3]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Motivating business to design a more resilient nation, one building at a time" news release by Scandia National Laboratories July 23, 2013
  2. ↑ Resilience certification for commercial buildings: a study of stakeholder perspectives” Environment Systems and Decisions June 2013, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp 184-194 Barbara J. Jennings, Eric D. Vugrin, and Deborah K. Belasich
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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