National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee (NCSTAC) Meeting

December 10, 2012

Lecture Room B, Administration Building
National Institute Of Standards & Technology
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, Md 20899

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Agenda

Meeting Goals:

Receive National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Disaster and Failure Studies Program update
Receive NIST’s response to the Committee’s 2011 annual report recommendations
Receive update on NIST Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011 Tornado in Joplin, MO
Outline Committee’s 2012 annual report to Congress and assign writing assignments for sections

Time	Topic	Discussion Leader
*Opening Remarks*
8:30 – 8:45 am	Meeting Goals Agenda	Jeremy Isenberg Senior Principal, AECOM NCSTAC Chairperson
8:45 – 9:00 am	Welcome Opening Remarks	Shyam Sunder Director Engineering Laboratory, NIST Designated Federal Official
*Current NCST Study Updates*
9:00 – 9:30 am	Current NCST Study: Joplin Tornado Progress Update	Marc Levitan Lead, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program R&D Engineering Laboratory, NIST
9:30 – 10:00 am	Current NCST Study: Tornado Hazard Characteristics	Frank Lombardo Task Leader, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Engineering Laboratory
10:00 – 10:30 am	Current NCST Study: Emergency Communications and Public Response	Erica Kuligowski, Task Leader, Fire Protection Engineer, Fire Research Division Engineering Laboratory
10:30 – 10:45 am	BREAK
10:45 – 11:15 am	Current NCST Study: Structural Response	Long Phan Task Leader, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program
*Disaster and Failure Studies Program Updates*
11:15 am – 12:00 pm	Program Update Recent Disasters and NIST Actions Status of Standard Operating Procedures National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Act Decision Criteria	Eric Letvin Director, Disaster and Failure Studies Program Engineering Laboratory, NIST
12:00 – 1:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00 – 1:30 pm	Data Repository Update on progress since November 7, 2011 Demo of Chile Repository Recommendations from Applied Technology Council (ATC) report Plans for FY 2013	Eric Letvin
1:30 – 2:30 pm	NIST's Response to NCSTAC's 2011 Annual Report Recommendations	Shyam Sunder
2:30 – 2:45 pm	BREAK
*NCSTAC Discussions*
2:45 – 4:30 pm	NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to Congress Impact on the NCST Program	Jeremy Isenberg
4:30 – 4:50 pm	Identification of Topics for Next Meeting	Jeremy Isenberg
4:50 – 5:00 pm	Public Input Period	Jeremy Isenberg
5:00 pm	ADJOURN