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In what the civil engineers gtroup termed "the most significant change" to the 7-22 standard's flood load provisions since the inception of ASCE 7. the new supplement ties flood hazard mitigation to a structure’s risk level, and sets the hazard area for most risk categories to the 500-year floodplain for determining flood loads.
A new supplement to ASCE/SEI 7-22 ties flood hazard mitigation to a structure’s risk level, and sets the flood hazard area for most risk categories to the 500-year floodplain for determining flood loads.
The measure is named for Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, the latter of whose tour stops in Pascrell’s district this weekend.