I L I T D O W N L O A D C E N T E R
Independent
Levee Investigation Team Final Report
Investigation of the Performance of the
VOLUME I: MAIN TEXT AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (download entire
document)
Cover, Table of Contents, and Executive Summary
PART I – INTRODUCTION:
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
PART II – TECHNICAL STUDIES:
Chapter 2: Overview of Hurricane Katrina and its
Aftermath
Chapter 3: Geology of the
Chapter 4: History of the
Chapter 5: The
Chapter 6: The St. Bernard Parish and Lower Ninth Ward
Protected Area
Chapter 7: The
Chapter 8: The Orleans East Bank (Downtown) and Canal
District Protected Area
Chapter 9: Overtopping-Induced Erosion Studies
Chapter 10:
Earthen Levee Evaluation
Chapter 11:
Summary of Engineering Lessons
PART III – ORGANIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
ISSUES:
Chapter 12:
Organized for Failure
Chapter 13:
Organized for Success
Chapter 14:
Engineering for Success
PART IV – SUMMARY AND FINDINGS
Chapter 15:
Findings and Recommendations
VOLUME II:
APPENDICES (download entire
document)
APPENDIX A: TERRESTRIAL LIDAR IMAGERY OF
LEVEES AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA
APPENDIX B: BORING LOGS
APPENDIX C: CPT LOGS
APPENDIX D: STE LABORATORY TESTING
APPENDIX E: U.C.
ILIT IN-SITU FIELD VANE SHEAR TESTING
APPENDIX F: LOOKING BACK
APPENDIX G: LOOKING FORWARD
APPENDIX H: HOW SAFE IS SAFE?
Coping with Mother Nature, Human
Nature and Technology’s Unintended
Consequences
APPENDIX I:
EROSION TEST RESULTS ON
PRIOR ILIT PUBLICATIONS
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Preliminary Report (November 2005) |
If you have any questions or comments on
the Independent Levee Investigation Team Final Report, please e-mail Rune
Storesund at rstoresund at earthlink.net