Engineers studying damage left behind from Hurricane Ian for lessons we can learn as we rebuild

Fox News in Southwest Florida quoted Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, in a story about how to rebuild Southwest Florida stronger following Hurricane Ian.

Bruneau says for multistory construction that a sacrificial floor can still be used for parking, and recreation, with the understanding that the floor could be lost.

“If the upper story can keep the integrity of its façade,” said Dr. Bruneau. “And there is no damage to windows and doors, so the wind doesn’t get inside, water doesn’t get inside, there is no water penetration inside. If the roof can be properly tied down, which many of them seem to have had in the more recent construction, then essentially that enclosure is protected.”

Read the story here.