Cyclone Resilient Building Guidance
Queensland Government
This Cyclone Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland Homes (Guide) provides information about improving the wind resilience of Queensland homes located in cyclone prone areas. It contains information about the impacts of cyclones and guidance for strengthening the wind resilience of new and existing homes.
This Guide is designed for use by homeowners as well as the building, design and construction industry.
Contents
Understanding your risk
1: Introduction to wind resistant housing
2: Understanding cyclones
3: Impacts from cyclones
4: Understanding your risk
Wind resilient design strategies
5: Resilient building design principles
6: Building new homes to resist wind
7: Improving the resilience of existing homes
8: Repairing or rebuilding wind-damaged homes
9: Resilient building materials and systems
Appendices
10: Building approvals, codes and standards
11: Resources
12: Technical resources
