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Learn about innovative amphibious foundation design in this conference presentation from the Georgia Water Resources Conference that addresses flooding challenges in the United States. Explore a prescriptive approach for designing dual-foundation systems that enable structures to float during flood conditions while maintaining structural stability. Discover how to achieve buoyancy while restricting movement in three degrees of rotation and lateral directions, allowing only vertical motion in response to flood waters. Examine site-specific flood risk assessment, structural and architectural design considerations, relevant calculations, and result interpretation. Understand how this replicable design approach can be applied to new construction projects of any scale, supported by a theoretical loss avoidance study demonstrating the potential return on investment in high flood-risk areas.
