As Oklahoma communities begin to rebuild after recent severe weather, IBHS and the Disaster Resilience Network encourage Sooner state homeowners to look to the future and rebuild stronger with the FORTIFIED Home™ resilient construction standards.
“A great national flood insurance program finds a way to couple mitigation and insurance together.”
—IBHS CEO Roy E. Wright
“People are reluctant to spend money for a problem that they are convinced won’t happen to them.”
—IBHS CEO Roy E. Wright
Impact-Resistant Shingle Performance Ratings Consumers deserve to have confidence that shingles labeled as impact resistant live up to expectations. IBHS and its members recognized the growing problem of hail damage in large regions of the United States and have devoted years to field and lab research to develop a new test standard for impact resistance.…
IBHS’s Dr. Tanya Brown-Giammanco lends her expertise to those wanting to build a stronger, safer home.
2018 FORTIFIED Home™ Volume Awards Honor Builder Commitment to Resilience; IBHS Celebrates 12,500 FORTIFIED Homes!
How IBHS’s innovative research can help communities prepare for hurricanes.
Dr. Anne Cope is the chief engineer for the Institute, whose mission is to “study buildings to figure out how to make them stand up to what Mother Nature brings.”
As hurricane season nears, CNBC’s Diana Olick looks at the stronger building standards in the FORTIFED Home program. Building a home better prepared to face a hurricane isn’t as expensive as most homeowners think.
IBHS Members have access to a wealth of resources about disaster preparedness and recovery, as well as building science research results. WHY IBHS Severe weather disrupts lives, displaces families, and drives financial loss. IBHS delivers top-tier science and translates it into action so we can prevent avoidable suffering, strengthen our homes and businesses, inform the…
