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- Portable Bridge Home Cantilevers Over a Flood Plain in Idaho Wed, 2 Oct 13, 1:30amThe main home is situated on concrete piers and hovers above the rushing river with enough lift to sustain up to 500-year flood levels. Supported by a 15-foot deep steel Howe truss system at its center, the structure cantilevers...
- Floods policy: yet more evidence the Coalition just doesn't have a ruddy clue Fri, 13 Jul 12, 10:21pmYesterday it was reported that the Coalition had decided we should all be liable for the cost of flood damage, regardless of where we live. This puzzled me, as the Coalition's decisions so often do. The only way it would...