Disasters create terrible consequences, forcing people out of their homes into temporary shelters and closing down communities. While productive individuals sit idle in shelters, or even move away, local building inspectors struggle to evaluate building safety in hundreds or thousands of damaged structures.

Experience in dealing with earthquakes reveals that the number of total inspections due to non-structural damage can be more than three times the number of re-tagged and yellow-tagged buildings. Threats also exist from other natural and man-made disasters, including floods, hurricanes, and explosions. Most building departments do not have the ability to perform multitudes of such inspections in a short period of time, so a strong need exists to have a cadre of trained professionals available to assist local governments, along with a program to manage this cadre.

DATE: July 26

TIME: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

COST: $75 – $95

EVENT CATEGORIES:

Learning Units, Professional Development

ORGANIZER

AIA Los Angeles

PHONE: 213.639.0777

EMAIL: info@aialosangeles.org