Recommended residential construction for the Gulf coast. Building on strong and safe foundations

The intent of the manual is to provide Gulf Coast homebuilders, contractors, and local engineering professionals with a series of recommended foundation designs that will help create safer and stronger buildings along the Gulf Coast. The use of these designs is intended to cover many of the home styles anticipated for the construction effort.
The foundations may differ somewhat from traditional construction techniques; however, they represent what are considered to be some of the better approaches to constructing strong and safe foundations in the hazardous areas along the Gulf Coast. The objectives used to guide the development of this manual are:
- To provide residential foundation designs that will require minimal engineering oversight
- To provide foundation designs that are flexible enough to accommodate many of the homes identified in A Pattern Book for Gulf Coast Neighborhoods prepared for the Mississippi Governor’s Rebuilding Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal (see Appendix B)
- To utilize model layouts so that many homes can be constructed without significant additional engineering efforts.