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47.5 MB - The Whole Building Design Guide

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ular attention to underfloor utilities andductwork to ensure that they are properlyelevated. Plumbing conduits, water supplylines, gas lines and electric cables that mustextend below the DFE should be located, anchored,and protected to resist the effects offlooding. Equipment that is outside of elevatedbuilding also must be elevated:For more information on utility installations,see Protecting <strong>Building</strong> Utilities from FloodDamage: Principles and Practices forthe <strong>Design</strong> and Construction of Resistant<strong>Building</strong> Utility Systems (FEMA 348, 1999).m In A Zones, equipment may be affixed to raised supportstructures or mounted on platforms that are attached to orcantilevered from the primary structure.m In V Zones and Coastal A Zones, equipment may be affixedto raised support structures designed for the flood conditions(waves, debris impact, erosion, and scour) or mounted onplatforms that are attached to or cantilevered from theprimary structure. If an enclosure is constructed under theelevated building, the designer must take care that utilitiesand attendant equipment are not mounted on or pass throughwalls that are intended to break away.Figure 2-31:Equipment room withwatertight doorSOURCE: PRESRAY CORPORATIONMAKING CRITICAL FACILITIES SAFE FROM Flooding2-75

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