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<br />96. There will probably be more contractors installing flood-resistant <br /> <br /> <br />systems in the future, and it is critical that the Corps of Engineers move <br /> <br />ahead in its studies and technology transfer efforts to help the public obtain <br /> <br /> <br />effective systems to reduce or prevent floodwater damage. <br /> <br />Cooperative Flood-Resistant Construction Effort <br /> <br />97. It will be mutually beneficial for the Corps of Engineers and the <br /> <br /> <br />private sector to work together to determine materials and systems that will <br /> <br /> <br />prevent buildings from being damaged by floodwaters. The contractors who work <br /> <br />daily in making buildings resistant to floodwaters will learn many useful <br /> <br /> <br />ideas, techniques, concerns, etc., which are beneficial to flood-resistant <br /> <br /> <br />construction. In the same manner, the Corps will learn many things that will <br /> <br /> <br />help the contractor and building owner. The Corp of Engineers can determine <br /> <br /> <br />areas, or needs, whereas, perhaps, the contractor does not have the time, <br /> <br /> <br />money, or expertise to develop and research solutions to these needs. The <br /> <br /> <br />Corps of Engineers could then provide this information not only to the <br /> <br /> <br />contractors but also to the total private sector. <br /> <br /> <br />98. A homeowner's manual can be used to transmit the concerns, mate- <br /> <br /> <br />rials, techniques, suggestions, etc., which will help the homeowner to make <br /> <br /> <br />his home resistant to floodwaters either in hiring a contractor or doing the <br /> <br />work himself. <br /> <br />29 <br />