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<br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Foreword <br /> <br />"",..,....,..11 <br /> <br />Acknowledgements <br /> <br />"..",.."..111 <br /> <br />Abstract <br /> <br />Summary, Findings and Conclusions ,,""""" ,1 <br />Increased Building Costs , , , , , , , ,2 <br />Reduction of Flood Insurance Premiums. . . . . . . . . . . . .2 <br />Reduction of Flood Losses, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,3 <br />Conclusions ................ ....................3 <br /> <br />Introduction , , , , , , , , , , <br />Research Objectives ' , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , <br />Impact of Urban Renewal and the National <br />Flood Insurance Program, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , <br /> <br />...4 <br />, , , , , , , .4 <br /> <br />Methodology , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,6 <br />Space Need Determination , , , ,6 <br />Design Development, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,7 <br />Analys,s of Building Costs and Benefits ,"",",',', ,8 <br />Analysis of Insurance Premiums. . . . . . . . . . . . .9 <br />Analysis of Flood Loss Potential , , , , , , , , ,9 <br />Average Annual Flood Damage, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,9 <br />Average Annual Business Losses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 <br />Benefit/Cost Ratios ' , , , .. , , , , , .. , , , .. , , , , , , , .. , , ,10 <br /> <br />Site Description and Building Program , , , ,11 <br />Site, ....,.............. ,12 <br />Space Needs and Basic Building Design, , , , , , , , , , , ,12 <br />AlternaliveBUlldingTypes '""","",..""",, ,14 <br /> <br />Benefit/Cost Analysis , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,18 <br />Build,ng Costs, ,18 <br />Insurance Premiums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 <br />Benef,t/Cost Ralios , , , , , , , , , , .. , , , , , , , , .. , , .. , , , ,19 <br />Flood Loss Potential "',"',""",',""""'" ,21 <br />Average Annual Flood Damage ,21 <br />Average Annual Business Losses """""""" ,21 <br />Benefit/Cost Ratios, , , , , , , , , , , , ,22 <br />Other Considerations , , ,22 <br /> <br />National Transfer Potential , ,24 <br />Raising on Fill, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,24 <br />EqUipped with Watert'ght Closures, , , , , , , , , , , .24 <br />Raising on Columns """""""""""""".24 <br />Summary ofTransfer Issues , , , , , , , , , , , ,25 <br />Potential for Building with Greater Protection """,.25 <br /> <br />Footnotes ' <br /> <br />..26 <br /> <br />Appendices <br /> <br />A: Selected Flood Insurance Tables <br /> <br />..27 <br /> <br />..IV <br /> <br />B: Methodology for Calculating Flood Damage <br />Potential, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,29 <br />C: Model Construct,on Specifications for Redevelop- <br />ment in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania Disaster <br />Urban Renewal Area, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,31 <br />D: Construction Cost Analysis ,","',""',"" ,34 <br />E: Engineering News Record Cost Index Used <br />for Calculations, , , , , , .. .. , , , , , , , , , , .. , , , , , , ..42 <br /> <br />List of Figures <br /> <br />MAP <br /> <br />Jersey Shore, PA <br /> <br />",11 <br /> <br />, ,5 <br /> <br />Site Plan and Schematic Ground <br />Floor Plan , , , , , , .. , , .. , , , .. , .. , .. , .. .. , , ,13 <br />No Flood Proofing (Basic Building)- <br />Elevalion , , , , , .. , , , , , , .. , , , , , , , '.. , .... , ,14 <br />No Flood Proofing (Basic Building) - <br />Section , , , , , , , .... , , , , , , , , '.... , .. .. ,14 <br />Raised on Fill-Elevation, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,15 <br />Raised on Fill-Section, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,15 <br />Raised with Watertight Ciosures - <br />Elevation, , , ,16 <br />Raised w,th Watertight Closures- <br /> <br />Section"""""""""""""""" ,16 <br />Elevated on Columns-Elevation ',,"",", ,17 <br />Elevated on Columns,Section , , , , , , , ,17 <br />Perspective of Building Raised on Fill, <br />Showing Relationship to Jersey Shore <br />Environs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br /> <br />List of Tables <br /> <br />Construction Costs of Various Flood <br />Proofing Alternatives, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ..19 <br />2 Annual Insurance Costs ' , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,20 <br />3 Flood Proofing Benefits Derived from <br />Reduced Insurance Costs , , , , , , , , , , , , ,21 <br />4 Average Annual Flood Damage Potential, , , ,22 <br />5 Potenlial Average Annual Business Losses <br />Due to Flooding , , .. , , , , , , , .. , , .. .. .. , , ,23 <br />6 Flood Proofing Benefits Derived from Reduced <br />Average Annual Flood Losses, , ,23 <br />B-1 Flood Proofing Benefits Present Value of <br />Range of Reduced Average Annual <br />Flood Losses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..30 <br />E-1 Engineering News Record Cost Indexes, , ".42 <br />E-2 Engineering News Record Wage, Materials, <br />and Cost Indexes, , , , , ,43 <br />