The choice of materials is extremely important in promoting resilience in the design and construction of buildings and community infrastructure, especially with the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
Building Resilience
The construction industry globally is undergoing dramatic changes, driven by several interconnected economic, social, and environmental factors. One of the more profound yet less obvious evolutions is taking place in the suppliers of cement and concrete products, which are the foundations of the construction sector as a whole.
The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub hosted the Resilience Executive Roundtable on April 22, bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders, including industry leaders, policymakers, insurers, code officials, designers, first responders, researchers, and community advocates.
There is no failsafe remedy for predicting and mitigating the impacts of natural or other disasters. But preparations involving the three pillars of resiliency can help us ro avoid the often heartbreaking consequences of such events.
Breathing new life into buildings extends to resilience, and adaptive reuse is emerging as a practical environmental defense strategy.