Proposing a Resilience Score System for Flood-Prone Housing in Louisiana: A Preliminary Framework

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2025

Abstract

Flooding remains a significant challenge for flood-prone regions, particularly in Louisiana, necessitating innovative approaches for resilience, assessment, and compliance. This paper introduces a resilience score system (RSS) that can be integrated with a building information modeling (BIM) rule-checking framework. The RSS evaluates structural, socio-economic, and environmental resilience through automated compliance checks against local and federal flood resilience regulations, including the International Residential Code (IRC). Therefore, the resulting score is expected to provide insights into the house's resilience level and areas requiring improvement. The methodology explores the key resilience factors that have been underestimated in existing practice, such as flood-resistant features, socio-economic factors, location elements, and the status of the local flood mitigation plan for each parish. Preliminary results demonstrate improvements in efficiency and accuracy compared to traditional methods, positioning the framework as a critical tool for enhancing flood-resilient construction in Louisiana.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Computing in Civil Engineering 2025 Computational and Intelligent Technologies Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2025

First Page

817

Last Page

827

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