This question is directed at any structural engineers, designing homes in Hawaii. (I'm a structural engineer in California)
In the coast towns, there are so many homes raised up on piers, either completely, or almost completely devoid of shear walls. These are probably just older homes, built without modern attention to lateral forces. But raising the houses up on columns does of course serve a purpose, to minimize flood damage, etc.
So, do people still build their homes up on stilts like that? If so, do you just have to include deep drilled piers, and major column anchorage, to act as cantilevered columns? Just curious.
In the coast towns, there are so many homes raised up on piers, either completely, or almost completely devoid of shear walls. These are probably just older homes, built without modern attention to lateral forces. But raising the houses up on columns does of course serve a purpose, to minimize flood damage, etc.
So, do people still build their homes up on stilts like that? If so, do you just have to include deep drilled piers, and major column anchorage, to act as cantilevered columns? Just curious.
