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Resilience

Disaster & failure studies

June 10-11 2021 NCSTAC Meeting

NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NCSTAC) MEETING

June 10-11, 2021
Web Conference
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY (NIST)
100 BUREAU DRIVE, GAITHERSBURG, MD 20899

AGENDA

MEETING GOALS:

Review NIST’s response to the NCSTAC’s 2020 Report to Congress,
review the status of the NCST investigation of Hurricane Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico,
review progress on the implementation of NCST Joplin tornado investigation’s recommendations, and
develop the Committee’s annual report to Congress.

June 10, 2021
*Opening Remarks*
11:00 am – 11:05 am	Call to Order Roll Call Safety Briefing	Ben Davis Management and Program Analyst NCST Designated Federal Officer NIST
11:05 am – 11:20 am	Welcome Opening Remarks	James K. Olthoff NIST Acting Director
11:20 am – 11:35 am	FACA Ethics Briefing	Rebecca Hermanowicz Senior Attorney, Ethics Law and Programs Division Office of the General Counsel Department of Commerce
11:35 am - 11:45 am	Meeting Goals Review of Agenda	Reggie DesRoches NCSTAC Chairperson Provost Rice University
11:45 am - 12:00 pm	NIST Response to the NCSTAC’s 2020 Report to Congress	Maria Dillard Acting Director, Disaster & Failure Studies Program NIST
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm	Committee Discussion of the NIST Response to the 2020 Report to Congress	Reggie DesRoches
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	BREAK
Hurricane Maria NCST Updates
12:30 pm – 12:50 pm	Summary of Hurricane Maria NCST Investigation Progress	Joseph Main Team Lead, Hurricane Maria NCST NIST
12:50 pm – 1:25 pm	Hazard Characterization Project Update	DongHun Yeo Research Structural Engineer, Structures Group NIST Scott Weaver Director, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program NIST
1:25 pm - 1:40 pm	Building Performance Project Update	Joseph Main
1:40 pm - 2:10 pm	LUNCH BREAK
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm	Emergency Communications Project Update	Katherine “Jo” Johnson Research Social Scientist, Earthquake Engineering Group NIST
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm	Morbidity and Mortality Project Update	Judith Mitrani-Reiser Associate Chief, Materials and Structural Systems Division NIST
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm	Committee Discussion of the Hurricane Maria NCST Investigation Progress	Reggie DesRoches
3:30	ADJOURN (DAY 1)	Ben Davis
June 11, 2021
Time (EST)	Topic	Discussion Leader
11:00 am - 11:05 am	Call To Order Roll Call	Ben Davis
Progress on Implementation of NCST Investigation Recommendations
11:05 am - 11:35 am	Summary of Progress on Prior Investigations • World Trade Center Recommendations • Joplin Recommendations	Long Phan Leader, Structures Group NIST Marc Levitan Research Wind Engineer, Structures Group NIST
11:35 am – 11:55 am	Committee Discussion of the Progress on Implementation	Reggie DesRoches
Hurricane Maria NWIRP Updates
11:55 am - 12:25 pm	Hurricane Maria NWIRP Projects ● Recovery of Infrastructure ● Recovery of Business and Supply Chain ● Recovery of Social Functions	Kenneth Harrison Operations Research Analyst, Community Resilience Group NIST Jennifer Helgeson Research Economist, Applied Economics Office NIST Maria Dillard
12:25 pm – 12:40 pm	Committee Discussion of the Hurricane Maria NWIRP Updates	Reggie DesRoches
12:40 pm – 12:55 pm	Public Comment Period	Ben Davis
12:55 pm – 1:10 pm	BREAK
Disaster and Failure Studies Program Updates
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm	DFS Updates on Enhancing the Readiness of Teams	Maria Dillard
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm	Committee Discussion of the DFS Updates	Reggie DesRoches
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm	Summary Remarks	Joannie Chin Acting Director, Engineering Laboratory NIST
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	LUNCH BREAK
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm	NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to Congress	Reggie DesRoches
3:30 pm	ADJOURN (DAY 2)	Ben Davis

Resilience and Disaster and failure studies

Created June 15, 2021, Updated April 5, 2022