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Friday, October 28, 2005
Hurricane Resistant Houses
CBS Homes Florida, LLC, builds houses with
fiberglass skeletons and panels. On their
website, they claim:
CBS structural framing is termite proof, water
proof, mold proof, earthquake resistant, and withstands hurricane and tornado
force winds in excess of 350 MPH (130 MPH destroys wood and concrete block
construction).
Termite Proof? Sweet, we could use that down here
in New Orleans.
Water proof? I’m down.
Mold proof? Check.
Earthquake resistant? Um, I guess you can’t be too
careful.
Withstands hurricane force winds in excess of 350
MPH? Priceless.
Why aren’t we ordering some of these yesterday? Put
some fiberglass homes up on stilts and you got yourself a hurricane proof city.
The home owner can come up with what it would cost to rebuild a traditional wood
frame house, and the federal government can chip in and pay whatever else is
needed to do it with fiberglass. This way, if the government pays for prevention
now, it won’t have to pay more later.
And, check out what
labor is needed:
A crew of 5 transports and erects the exterior
support walls with a crane and adds the roof in one day. One 2,000 square foot
house can be built in 48 minutes on the production line or in 2 hours on-site
using local labor.
Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Governor, what else do you need?
// served up by da
po' boy @ 10:24
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comments
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
James P. Antonic said...
It
is gratifying that someone has visited our site and understands what building to
a higher standard could mean for the coastal regions.
We have felt a great need to start a housing component factory in New Orleans
and bring employment to the area and we are aggressively pursuing that goal. It
is important for New Orleans' residents be able to point with pride for many
years at homes, throughout the city, that they personally helped to rebuild. Our
mission is to make this happen.
In this process, we have identified buildings on the industrial canal that would
be ideal. The location between the 9th Ward and St. Bernards Parish could be an
epicenter assisting the New Orleans rebirth and revitalization. While those
buildings all sustained damage, they are good enough to house our production and
get it started until we can patch up the plants.
Factories and machines are not cheap, and the machines needed can take up to 21
weeks to build, but once the small amount of money is secured then the plant
could be putting out 30 homes a day or the support walls for up to 60 homes a
day that have to be elevated out of harms way.
The unique part of this business is that we are not home builders. We have no
standard models. We supply exactly to the drawings of the building. Any builder
brings any plan, in any design, in any size, and two weeks later has a superior
house shell erected, by us, for them to finish inside and out in the style they
choose.
We think that this is the best solution to maintain the "Gumbo" that was, is,
and should always be New Orleans. Using a stronger, safer, longer lasting
exterior fiberglass skeleton prevents rebuilding with the same materials that
failed.
We look forward to being a part of New Orleans for many years to come.
Sincerely
James P. Antonic
CEO - CBS Homes Louisiana, LLC
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