Grand Lake High School is the venue for a day of presentations and real-world demonstrations of sustainable rebuilding and flood damage prevention methods. Plan to come to Grand Lake May 16th for formal presentations, information educational seminars and demonstrations, and visits with professionals involved in recovery and rebuilding.
Lakeview, a coming-back community in Orleans parish - west of City Park and east of the 17th Street Canal, is the venue for an afternoon of presentations and real-world demonstrations of sustainable rebuilding and flood damage prevention. Plan to come to Lakeview Sunday, November 16th from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. for formal workshops, information educational seminars around the neighborhood, and visits with professionals involved in rebuilding.
The LSU AgCenter offers Hurricane-Resistant Home Improvement seminars across South Louisiana. Find out here how to schedule a presentation for your group.
List of mini seminars scheduled to be held at the Rebuilding Information Station in October.
Homeowners will get information on how to rebuild their homes to better stand up to hurricanes at a series of mini-seminars scheduled for the Rebuilding Information Station in September.
A series of mini-seminars has been scheduled for September at the Rebuilding Information Station (RIS) in New Orleans.
Homeowners will get information on how to rebuild their homes to better stand up to hurricanes at a series of mini-seminars scheduled for the Rebuilding Information Station in August.
The LSU AgCenter, in conjunction with the University of New Orleans’ Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO_CHART), Tulane City Center and Louisiana Office of Community Development’s Road Home program, is hosting an open house for the Rebuilding Information Station (RIS) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 26.
The LSU AgCenter has scheduled seminars at the Iberia Parish library branch locations help people predict storm surges from hurricanes using flood maps.
Come to Hurricane Resistance Days at LaHouse from June 14-17, 2007. Tour LaHouse and hear short presentations on topics ranging from flood maps, flood insurance and storm-surge modeling, to choosing and working with a contractor, to making your home more flood, wind and water resistant.
During Hurricane Resistance Days at LaHouse, there will be tours and presentations.
The LSU AgCenter will hold Hurricane Resistance Days at its LaHouse model home site June 14-17.
These houses will be featured in the 2009 LSU AgCenter Cameron Parish Tour of Hurricane Resistant Homes held May 17.
Newly built-to-code houses that have already survived one hurricane will be featured in this year’s Cameron Parish Tour of Hurricane-resistant Homes.The tour will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, May 17.
The LSU AgCenter’s Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Unit joins the Vermilion Parish Police Jury to bring a free Community Rebuilding and Flood Protection Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Feb. 28 at Abbeville High School.
Abbeville High School is the venue for a day of presentations and real-world demonstrations of sustainable rebuilding and flood damage prevention methods. Plan to come to Abbeville February 28th for formal presentations, information educational seminars and demonstrations, and visits with professionals involved in recovery and rebuilding.
Lakeview, a coming-back community in Orleans parish - west of City Park and east of the 17th Street Canal, is the venue for an afternoon of presentations and real-world demonstrations of sustainable rebuilding and flood damage prevention. Plan to come to Lakeview Sunday, November 16th from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. for formal workshops, information educational seminars around the neighborhood, and visits with professionals involved in rebuilding.
The LSU AgCenter, Tulane University City Center and UNO CHART are bringing free workshops for anyone involved in building or rebuilding a house. The workshops will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1.
Course participants will gain a an appreciation of the need for prescriptive foundation design guidance, an understanding of how to use the guidance found in FEMA 550, and the benefits of using this guidance to design and regulate residential construction in the Gulf Coast area. Most suited for engineers and local building officials involved in residential construction.
LSU AgCenter will offer a series of homebuilding seminars at this year’s French Food Festival Oct. 25-26.
This expo will help homeowners learn how to protect their homes from hurricanes and other storms. The event will provide information on the many options available for hurricane protection including retrofitting current structures for flood and wind resistance and energy efficiency.
The LSU AgCenter rebuilding group offer a wide array of educational programs related to construction and natural hazard awareness. This page lists many of those program titles, and provides contact information for people wishing to request a program or presentation or ask for our participation in a community event or fair.
This 2-day course will acquaint participants with FEMA’s Coastal Construction Manual and involve discussion of best practices for the design and construction of residential buildings built in coastal environments.
The LSU AgCenter offers hurricane-resistant home improvement seminars for people who wish to build or restore their homes to make them more resistant to storm and flood damage. This video gives a brief description of material covered in the full 2-hour package. Long and short seminars and trainings can be scheduled on these topics to meet the needs of your group. For more information, e-mail rebuilding@agcenter.lsu.edu .
Construction techniques used by Cameron Parish residents rebuilding their homes will be featured during a tour of homes on September 23, 2007, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.