Site Selections (Sustainable Design, Kap. 144)

Question 1

Site Selection influences

Answer 1

• Adjacency to Public Transportation
• Flood Plains
• Erosions, Fire and Landslides
• Site and High Slopes or agricultural use

Question 2

Flood Plains

Answer 2

Local and national governments hope to remove the building from 100-year flood plain.
-Reduce possible damage from floodwaters by and downstream structure by the overfilled capacity of flood plains

Question 3

Frost and heaving of subsoil

Answer 3

Penetration of frost and ice causing the subsoil to heave and the paving to rise above the original level.

Example: First winter after completion of a construction project the building remained stable, but large paved area pf adjacent paring lot rose several inches above the original level (Kaplan, ppp, Que. No.76)