An Early Look at Hurricane Ian Assessments and How it Could Influence the Building Codes

April 16, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

An Early Look at Hurricane Ian Assessments and How it Could Influence the Building Codes

Following Hurricane Ian, FEMA deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to evaluate the performance of buildings and related infrastructure in response to the effects of the Hurricane. The MAT focused on a wide range of building occupancy and risk categories, documenting common damage as well as successful measures that made buildings more resistant. This presentation will provide a summary of building performance related observations and lessons learned from the FEMA Hurricane Ian MAT with an emphasis on flood related damage as well as share potential changes to flood resistant design and construction requirements.

1 CE credit

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This presentation will be recorded. All registered attendees will receive a copy of the recording once it's available.

About the Speakers

Brian O’Connor, P.E., CFM

Engineer, CDM Smith

Brian O’Connor PE, CFM, is a professional engineer in CDM Smith’s Denver office with 14 years of experience in a wide range of engineering projects involving design, construction, disaster assessments, and flood/wind retrofitting. Since 2014 he has worked on projects for FEMA providing structural engineering and BCA expertise for high winds, riverine flooding, and coastal areas. Under nationwide contracts with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), he has assisted with the development of FEMA publications, served on post-disaster damage, mitigation assessment, and hazard mitigation assistance grant technical review teams, in addition to serving as an instructor teaching benefit-cost analysis and building science courses throughout the country. Mr. O’Connor is a licensed Professional Engineer in Colorado and a CFM.

Brian Caufield, P.E., PMP, CFM, BC.CE

Licensed Civil Engineer, CDM Smith

Brian Caufield, PE, PMP, CFM, BC.CE - is a licensed civil engineer and board-certified coastal engineer with over 20 years of experience specializing in wave and storm surge modeling, sediment transport, coastal structure design, and coastal hazards mitigation. Since 2009, under nationwide contracts with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), he served on post-disaster damage, mitigation assessment, and hazard mitigation assistance grant technical review teams, in addition to serving as an instructor teaching building science courses throughout the country.

Christopher Cerino, P.E.

Technical Director of Structural Engineering, STV

Christopher Cerino, P.E., Technical Director of Structural Engineering, Urbanism, and Planning for STV’s Building Group, has over 25 years of experience in managing the design of large-scale, complex public and private projects. Since Superstorm Sandy Chris has been involved with over 75 recovery and resilience projects totaling over $3B in construction value in the New York metropolitan area. Chris has helped to develop design criteria, technical guides, and reference standards that augment the existing codes for applicability in dense urban environments. Chris worked with ASCE’s Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate where his research was published in Manual of Practice 140 titled ‘Climate-Resilient Infrastructure – Adaptive Design and Risk Management’. Chris was a member of the ASCE 7-22 Flood Load Committee and will be on the upcoming cycles of 7-28 and ASCE 24.

Pataya Scott, Ph.D

Civil Engineer, FEMA

Dr. Pataya Scott is a civil engineer in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Earthquake and Wind Programs Branch. She is responsible for projects related to disaster mitigation for multiple hazards including wind and seismic. Her broad range of building science mitigation activities includes developing technical guidance publications, field investigation deployments, trainings, and outreach. She also works with building codes and standards organizations to uphold and improve hazard-resistant provisions based on field investigation findings and related research. Related to this presentation, she was an associate member of the ASCE 7-22 Wind Loads Subcommittee and on the Chapter 32 Tornado Loads Task Committee. She holds bachelor’s degrees in architecture and civil engineering, a master’s in civil engineering, and a doctorate in wind engineering.