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Wednesday, March 11 • 8:30am - 9:45am
Building fortified homes to IBHS standards

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Do you know the Institute of Business and Home Safety has a Fortified Build program to ensure a home or business is more disaster-safe? FORTIFIED Home™ is a set of engineering and building standards designed to help strengthen new and existing homes through system-specific building upgrades that will reduce damage from specific natural hazards. Lou will share how and why they did it at their Habitat for Humanity affiliate, what the costs were, and what strategies they carried forward after constructing the first Certified Fortified Gold home in Minnesota.

CREDITS:
AIA 1.25 LU, ASHI 1 CEC, BPI 1.25 CEUs, DSPS 1 CEU towards Dwelling Contractor Qualifier Certification, 1 CEU towards UDC-Construction Inspector Certification, NAHB, NARI 1.25 CEU, PHIUS CPHC, RESNET
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Lou Behrens

Two Rivers Habitat for Humanity
After more than 30 years in corporate engineering, Lou retired and now does independent private consulting and is a builder for Habitat for Humanity. As a part of this he has developed a deep interest in sustainable building, primarily in residential structural strength. The Habitat... Read More →

Wednesday March 11, 2020 8:30am - 9:45am PDT
Portia
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