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Article: IBHS Breaks Ground for State-of-the-Art Disaster Research Facility in South Carolina.
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- Insurance Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 2, 2009
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The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today officially broke ground for its disaster safety research center in Chester County, South Carolina. Unique in all the world, this lab will have the ability to subject full-sized, 2,000 square foot, one- and two-story homes, light commercial construction and agricultural buildings to a variety of hazards, including realistic Category 3 hurricanes, wind-blown fire (mimicking wildfire embers), and hailstorms.
The primary purpose of this $40 million multi-peril research facility - funded entirely by property insurance companies, reinsurers and brokers - is to identify effective methods of minimizing risk and loss ...