Building performance: hurricane Iniki in Hawaii. Observations, recommendations and technical guidance

On September 22, 1992, at the request of the Mayor of Kauai County, the Federal Coordinating Officer for the Iniki disaster tasked the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) to assemble a team of experts to assess the performance of buildings. Since the 1970s, FIA has gained valuable experience through an ongoing assessment program that focuses on the performance of buildings that have incurred flood damage. in addition, FIA's National Flood Insurance Program establishes regulations for the reconstruction of substantially damaged buildings in floodplains, regardless of the cause of the damage.