A $9 million pilot program to make Brisbane homes flood-resilient has had a profound impact in the wake of the recent floods, with Brisbane City Council hoping to expand it further.Program participant Rusty says his apartment emerged almost unscathed from the recent floodsFormer lord mayor Graham Quirk introduced the Flood Resilient Homes Program pilot in 2018, targeting suburbs with a history of heavy and damaging overland flood flow.
Rusty tells Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner how the row of tiles at the base of his walls protected them from water damage. "We got a floor-level survey of his house, so we knew exactly what that floor level was in relation to flood levels provided to us from council," Mrs Ba-Pe said. On the outside of the apartment building, his hot water system was lifted onto a stand well above the flood level, meaning he had hot water within a day of the floods."Oh, my God. It's a lifesaver this time with me, having all this work done, I kid you not," he said.
So design housing in flood prone areas as if you’re building bathroom?
Maybe it should be part of the planning process? I assume you need to do a Development application to rebuild. Make part of that flood resistance. It would also be useful to have self pack container relocations. Load it up and relocate it. Everyone wins, Except Harvey Norman