Flood Resilient Design & Retrofitting | The strategies and materials

Whether you flooded in 2022 or not, understanding flood resilient building design is something everyone living on floodplains will benefit from. Basically the logic to apply is lift what you can and use flood proof materials where that isn’t applicable or possible.

The NSW Flood Resilient Design Framework is now published and available to download from the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation website here or click through below to read.  This document details the strategies and materials and specifies which are recommended under the Resilient Homes Program.

On June 16, 2022, James Davidson headlined an event organised by Mullum Cares at the Mullumbimby Leagues Club.  Over 60 local tradespeople, home owners and insurance assessors attended.  Jean Reneuf from Plan C MC’d the evening a number of senior managers from the Johns Lyng Group also took the stage.

James gives an account of his background and an overview of the work he and his team have undertaken in and around Brisbane rebuilding homes with the intention that they require little more than a hose out after inundation.  The NSW Flood Resilient Design Framework is based on the tried and tested work of James and his team.