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CHAPTER II - FLOOD AND WIND HAZARDS A presentation of flood and wind characteristics and their effects on manufactured homes, CHAPTER III - ELEVATION AND ANCHORING TECHNIQUES An overview of the various elevation and anchor- ing techniques that are applicable to the installa- tion of manufactured homes in flood hazard areas, CHAPTER IV - DESIGN OF ELEVATED FOUNDATIONS cussed in Chapter I. The NFIP provides perfor- mance standards for new manufactured home siting in !Iood _h~ard areas, The technical criteria contained in this manual can be used to comply with the NFIP performance standards, Other federal regulations and programs affecting manufactured housing installation, such as those of the U, S, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for manufactured homes on permanent foundations, are not ad- dressed in this manual or by the NFIP, uDesign criterja and calculations_to be used in evaluating and selecting various elevating and an- choring techniques, Included are data, tables, - -~umath-emafic-a:l1drmLllas-fdnjesign c-ompulati6ns, - -- - - - - ___u -- -- --- -- - - ---~ -. - - - - - and example problems, CHAPTER V - COST ANALYSIS Information on the cost of elevating and anchor- ing a manufactured home, Using this approach, the manual provides necessary information for evaluating flood damage potential, determining the technical feasibility of design options, and selecting an installation technique that is both cost effective and technically sound, The ultimate goal is to reduce or eliminate damage potential for manufactured homes sited in flood hazard areas, To provide assistance for users of the manual, adesign worksheet is included, Figure 1.4 shows the regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is dis- Figure 1.4 NFIP Regulations 2