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Thursday 22-Apr-10 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CDT
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Total Seats: 30
Reserved: 26
Thursday 22-Apr-10 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CDT
Presented by FEMA Region VI
Biography
Chris Jones, PE, Principal Coastal Engineer
Christopher P. Jones, Durham, NC
Mr. Jones has 32 years of experience as an engineer and manager, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, South Carolina,and Florida. He is a National Expert in coastal construction issues and floodplain management. Mr. Jones was a primary author for the FEMA 55 updates in 2000, and is again a primary author for the current update. He was also a key investigator and author for the post-disaster FEMA P-757 Hurricane Ike MAT Report. He as also served as an investigator an author for the MAT Reports for Hurricanes Opal, Fran, Ivan, and Katrina. Mr. Jones was the Project Manager responsible for evaluating NFIP Building Standards for A Zones, V Zones, and Coastal A Zones. This was the first systematic examination of freeboard since 1980. This study resulted in an IRC code change to include freeboard in coastal residential buildings. He provides ongoing support for FEMA for the development and review of code change proposals, especially efforts to promote more sustainable construction in coastal areas. Mr. Jones also co-authored and is currently updating FEMA 499 Home Builders Guide to Coastal Construction, which is a series of 31 technical fact sheets providing recommendations aimed at improving the performance of buildings subject to flood and wind forces in coastal environments. He is currently the Chairman of the Committee who developed and will update ASCE-24.
Flood Resistant Design and Construction.
Scott Tezak, PE, BCSP, Project Manager, Structural Engineer
URS Corporation, Boston, MA
Mr. E. Scott Tezak has 18 years of experience as an engineer and manager, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Virginia. He has participated on engineering teams that design tornado and hurricane shelters, and design structural retrofits for buildings vulnerable to damage from natural and man-made hazards. His expertise includes building analysis of commercial and residential structures, design of tornado and hurricane shelters, and threat and vulnerability assessments for both man-made and natural hazards. Mr. Tezak was the project manager for the FEMA 361 Design and Construction Guidance for Community and Group Shelters (2008). This manual provides guidance to design professional on the design and construction of tornado and hurricane shelters. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the International Code Council (ICC) committee IS-STM, responsible for the development of the first Storm Shelter Standard (ICC-500 Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters, 2008). This ICC standard outlines structural, non-structural, occupancy, and operational issues of hurricane and tornado shelters in both residential and commercial applications. Major damage investigation project highlights include his work as the project team leader in the FEMA sponsored wind field investigations in the Gulf Coast for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005). Mr. Tezak was the team leader for the FEMA Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) that performed damage assessments after Hurricane Charley in Florida (2004) and also led building performance assessment teams (BPAT) and lead the preparation of FEMA reports for Hurricane Georges in 1998 in Puerto Rico and the Gulf Coast Region of the United States, and the May 3, 1999, Tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas. He has published and presented numerous papers on wind-resistant design and construction.
Thursday 22-Apr-10 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CDT
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22-Apr-10 8:00 AM | | Member: | $90.00 | $90.00 | | Non-Member: | $100.00 | $100.00 | | Government Employees/Students: | $90.00 | $90.00 |
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