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October 23 NCSTAC Meeting Agenda and Presentations

NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NCSTAC) MEETING

October 23, 2020
THE PORTRAIT ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 101
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY (NIST)
100 BUREAU DRIVE, GAITHERSBURG, MD 20899

AGENDA


MEETING GOALS:

  • Review Disaster and Failure Studies Program Scoring of Events and Readiness of Teams,
  • Review the status of the NCST investigation of Hurricane Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico, and
  • Finalize Committee’s annual report to Congress.                                                  
            

October 23, 2020

            
            

Opening Remarks

            
            

10:00 am – 10:05 am

            

 

            
            

Call to Order
            Roll Call
            Safety Briefing

            
            

Ben Davis       

Management and Program Analyst 
NCST Designated Federal Officer  

NIST

            
            

10:05 am – 10:10 am

            

 

            
            

Welcome
            Opening Remarks

            
            

Howard Harary  

Director, Engineering Laboratory NIST

            
            

10:10 am – 10:15 am

            

 

            
            

Meeting Goals
            Welcome new Committee members
            Review of Agenda

            

 

            
            

Reggie DesRoches

NCSTAC Chairperson

Provost, Rice University

            
           
            

Hurricane Maria Program Updates

            
            

10:15 am – 10:25 am

            

 

            
            

DFS Scoring of Events and Readiness of Teams

            
            

Maria Dillard

Acting Director,

Disaster & Failure Studies Program & Associate Team Lead,

Hurricane Maria NCST,

NIST

            
            

10:25 am – 10:40 am

            

 

            
            

Discussion

            
            

NCST Advisory Committee

           
            
 
            

10:40 am – 10:55 am

            

 

            
Hurricane Maria NCST Investigation Update & Adaptions for COVID-19             

Joseph Main

Team Lead, Hurricane Maria NCST,

NIST

            
            

 10:55 am – 11:10 am

            

 

            
            

Hurricane Maria Investigation Project Management

            
            

Ben Davis

                 
            

11:10 am – 11:25 am

            

 

            
Hurricane Maria NCST Investigation Morbidity and Mortality Project             

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Associate Chief, Materials and Structural Systems Division

NIST

            

11:25 am – 11:45 am

            

 

            
            

Discussion

            

NCST Advisory Committee

           
            

11:45 am – 12:00 pm

            
Public Comment Period Reggie DesRoches
            

12:00 pm – 12:15 pm

            

 

            
            

Break

            

Benjamin Davis            

12:15 pm – 2:00 pm              

Working Session: NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to Congress

            

 

            

 

            
            

Reggie DesRoches

            

2:00 pm

            

 

            
Adjourn Ben Davis
     
Created November 4, 2020, Updated April 5, 2022