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由于越来越严重的沿海风暴和预计海平面上升，建筑师和工程师正在解决问题。方法包括建造障碍，改进和延伸的海墙以及修改基础设施设计以使建筑物中的关键设备更高，并提供可以承受洪水的较低水平。
马萨诸塞州南海岸沿海地区（Google Street View）
When you drive (or in my case, bike) along the coast in Massachusetts, you’ll come across several houses that are being retrofit to make them more resilient. Houses are being raised several feet, basement space is no longer used, and in some cases the structures are raised on piers. I spoke with a friend who lives on the coast south of Boston who had her home raised, and she shared some thoughts about the experience:
新利18备用ENR：您什么时候第一次考虑抬起房屋？
我已经考虑了至少10年，并认真对待了两年，然后才决定这样做。触发事件是2018年1月的洪水以及随后的冬季遭受的糟糕风暴。
新利18备用ENR：您是如何寻找建筑师/承包商来帮助工作的？您是否发现很多有经验的人可以为您提供帮助？
我首先求助于我多年来用来改进房屋的承包商 - 重建门廊，改建厨房，重做屋顶 - 等等。该公司一直以合理的价格做得很好。当他们承诺时，他们开始工作 - 稳定工作（除非等待出人意料的延迟子），然后再完成或几乎按时完成。我试图获得其他估计，但没有找到能够/愿意完成完整工作的承包商。我认为并且仍然认为，找到一支“全方位服务”团队来完成这项工作很重要。有很多任务是连续的，或者互锁或相互关联的，以至于零碎的建筑计划或独立的多方建设团队将是一场安排噩梦。
ENR: How was it decided how high to lift your house?
好问题！我尝试了各种方式，包括：
1. Looking at theFEMA和忧思科学家联盟的研究（在各种情况下，这给可能的海平面上升的可能范围增加）和
2.与当地建筑商，我的调查工程师交谈，其他人提高了家的人。
我找不到任何非常清楚的指导。我与中位UCS估计范围合作，然后尝试考虑风暴潮（根据我们以前经历的内容估算值，然后使其更高以增加安全系数）。请记住，您正在举起房屋，以防止未来的海平面上升和风暴潮 - 目前均未受到特定的预测。因此，从这个意义上讲，很难找到具体的指导，因为可用信息充其量是估计值。幸运的是，这房子不在海洋旁边，从海湾有点回来。因此，我们不需要在估计中考虑直接波动。
All along I talked about it with my family, my Love, and other people I respect to get their feedback and views. We settled on a raise high enough to avoid floor water on the first floor for at least 30 years (at which point the house will be ready for a re-do anyway, based on future conditions and technology) and not so high that access to it (with all the extra stairs) would be uncomfortable/daunting.
So, I made what I felt was an informed decision based on as much information as I could get, in consultation with others who had gone through a similar process.
ENR: Can you describe the general process that you and the contractor used to do the work?
在一般序列中：
- 咨询您当地的保护委员会有关您的许可和流程的咨询；您可能需要他们的批准和条件命令在开始任何工作之前
- You'll probably need a certificate of elevation to an Existing and Proposed site plan, and to fill out a form requesting Orders of Condition from your local Conservation Commission. They may need to make a pre-construction site inspection, too
- 关闭汽油和水（我的工作），并与电气公司合作继续服务（承包商和我）
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- Prepare the site for the machinery and bring in the beams for lifting
- 在抬起梁的基础上切下孔
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- 从强制热空气系统中取出管道工作 - 拆除（将用底板水合电动电动代替）
- Lift the house - jacks and beams lift it in a day - they gave special attention to my fireplace and flues, which lifted up with the house - We had it inspected after lifting and were told that the flues were intact and brick chimney structurally sound.
- Pour new footings and install understory piers supporting the center beam
- 将新基础倒在现有的基础上
- 放在窗台上
- 将房子与金属皮带连接到窗台上 - 从林下 - 周围
From FEMA Homeowner’s Guide to Retrofitting, Chapter 5
- Cut holes for and install smart vents
- 在地下室水泥地板上切开新孔，以允许潮汐入流和流量
- Fill to outside grade with sandy mix and gravel.
- 安装新的门以进行“底层”（我不再想称其为地下室，因为我们不将其用于存储）
- Run water, electric, gas service
- 喷在一楼的底面
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- Reconstruct decks to new elevation
- 完整的内部调整 - 壁橱在地下室曾经是新加热等地下室。
- 等到春天检查以确保所有窗户打开和关闭（只有两个窗户略微楔入）
- Patch any cracks - there were only three small ones!
ENR: What did you need to do to prepare your house prior to it being raised?
作为所有者，我必须与天然气公司和水公司合作以关闭其公用事业。天然气公司可能需要一段时间来协调！另外，与电气公司合作继续电气服务。
I also removed pictures from walls and breakables from shelves. This turned out to be totally unnecessary!
新利18备用ENR：您是否需要在工作期间暂时搬出，持续了多长时间？
是的！我们租了三个月的房子，这就是承包商说这份工作要花多长时间才能使其宜居。四个月后，我们搬回了。（有工人，灰尘和污垢等。使我们的回报比预期的晚。）
新利18备用ENR：您对结果感到满意吗？您能分享任何经验教训吗？
Yes. I'm satisfied with the outcome. During the job, it was a mess! It was complicated and a hassle! It was expensive!! But I feel much more secure and that the house is secured from damage.
Some lessons:
＃1。与可以/可以/将要处理和协调所有或几乎所有任务的总承包商合作（这是我们所做的，我认为这一切都会有所不同！）
#2. Stay on top of the progress (or lack of) and make sure the contractor keeps your job a priority
＃3。确保您的承包商就要使用的材料向您咨询。
最重要的是，我希望读者很幸运能够拥有爱，配偶（也可以是爱）或可以成为恒定顾问的亲密家人或朋友 - 认识您的人，会听您的，理解和分享的话您的目标，并将帮助您完成计划和施工过程中的许多决策和转折点。
House raising may become more common and routine in the near future. You get the sense in the above discussion and in research that there are not yet clear guidelines for how much to raise a structure. But information and approaches for how to do it has been available for awhile. The methods have mostly been used for moving houses and structures to new sites, as opposed to raising them in place.
有趣的是，保险看起来发挥了越来越多的作用。保险过程有助于提供提高沿海基础设施弹性的动力。但是另一个挑战是考虑到可能太昂贵的领域，提供保险。
这是改造沿海基础设施以提高弹性的一种方法。在AE设计师和建筑商的帮助下，海岸和低洼地区的生活风险可能会降低。
工作完成 - 房主的照片
