Post Disaster Safety Evaluations Training Workshop
In Conjunction with the Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment Conference
June 28—July 1, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oakland Marriott City Centrer
1001 Broadway
Oakland, CA
T: 510-451-4000
F: 510-835-3466
Cost - $75 ASCE Member / $100 Non-Member
ASCE's Committee on Critical Infrastructure (CCI) is pleased to sponsor the disaster management training workshop, Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations, in cooperation with California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) and Applied Technology Council (ATC) as a pre-conference workshop at the ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake (TCLEE) 2009 Conference in
The workshop will focus on ATC materials, including ATC-20: Procedures for Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings and ATC-45: Safety Evaluation of Buildings After Wind Storms and Floods. The procedures were developed to evaluate the safety of buildings and other infrastructure systems after earthquakes, winds, floods, and fire. The procedures and guidelines are written specifically for volunteer engineers, as well as building inspectors and municipal engineers, who would be required to make on-the-spot evaluations and decisions regarding the continued entry, use, operation, and occupancy of damaged buildings and other facilities.
Participants completing the entire training will earn 6.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and those possessing a U.S. Professional Engineer’s license will be eligible to be registered as California Office of Emergency Services (OES) Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluators.
The registration fee for this workshop is $75 for ASCE and IAEM members and $100 for nonmembers. Registration fees include all workshop materials, and a box lunch. Workshop participants will also receive a copy of the companion pocket-sized field manual, ATC-20-1, that summarizes the postearthquake safety evaluation procedures in brief concise format designed for ease of use in the field. The Field Manual is intended to be taken into damaged areas and used by those trained in the ATC-20 methodology.