Symposium on“Future of post-disaster assessment for buildings”

Hosted by National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Building Research Institute (BRI)

Post-earthquake quick inspection of damaged buildings aims to prevent secondary disasters by inspecting
the buildings hit by large earthquakes and evaluating the risks including building collapse, fall of exterior
walls and window glass and the overturn of building equipment that may be caused by aftershocks. In thesymposium, presentation will be made on the lessons from the past disasters and relevant R&D both within
and outside Japan, and issues on future of post-disaster assessment for buildings will be explored.
Date and time: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 1:30pm – 5:00pm Open from 1:00pm
Venue:
Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor of GRIPS (See map below) (Max. 300 persons)Language:
Japanese/English (simultaneous translation provided)
Hosted by:
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Building Research InstituteSupported by (tentative): National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management of the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, The Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association, Japan
Council for Quick Inspection of Earthquake Damaged Buildings, Japan Federation of Architects &Building Engineers Association, Japan Association of Architectural Firms, The Japan Institute ofArchitects, Japan Structural Consultants Association, Japan Federation of Construction Contractors,
Condominium Management Companies Association, Urban Renaissance Agency, Japan Housing
Finance Agency, Architectural Institute of Japan, Japan Academic Network of Disaster Reduction,
Consortium for Building Research & Development, United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO)

Program:
MC: Masaru SUGAHARA (Professor, GRIPS)

1:30-1:40pm
Introductory Remarks
Yasuo OKUDA (Director, Dept. of Structural Engineering, BRI)
1:40-5:00pm
Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Yoshiaki NAKANO (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
1:40-3:50pm

Presentation

1.

Practices and issues on post-earthquake quick inspection of buildings in Japan
Wataru GOJO (Senior Technical Counselor, Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association)“History of Japan’s system and future options for improving it”
Suguru HIRAYAMA (Chief Examiner, Building Disaster Prevention Section, Osaka Prefectural Government)“Practices and issues on post-earthquake quick inspection of buildings in Osaka”

2.

Practices and issues on post-earthquake quick inspection of buildings in various countries
Tatsuya AZUHATA (Chief Research Engineer, IISEE, BRI)
“Technical Support Examples for Post-Earthquake Quick Inspection Methods to Developing Countries from Japan ”
Eduardo Orlando HURTADO GAJARDO (Head of Engineering and Construction Department, Public
Building Division, National Directorate of Architecture, Ministry of Public Works, Chile)“Quick Inspection Method of Buildings Damaged by Earthquakes in Chile”
Lap-Loi CHUNG (Deputy Director General, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering,and Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)“Technology and mechanism on post-earthquake emergent evaluation of damaged buildings in Taiwan ”
Dave BRUNSDON (Director, Kestrel Group, New Zealand)“Rapid post-earthquake structural and geotechnical assessments in New Zealand”

3.

Trend of R&D relevant to post-earthquake quick inspection of buildings
Tomohisa MUKAI (Senior Research Engineer, Dept. of Structural Engineering, BRI)
“Overview on damage evaluation for buildings subjected to severe earthquake using some 3D laser scanners”
Koichi KUSUNOKI (Professor, The University of Tokyo)“Development and implementation of new technologies for the rapid inspection method”

Break 3:50-4:00pm
4:00-5:00pm Panel Discussion: Future of post-disaster assessment for buildings- Efficient methods for data collection and analysis on damages in case of wide area earthquake 5:00pm

Closing

Access to GRIPS
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Free of charge (Pre-registration required)
Please resister from the link below or QR codeby 3rd February, 2020
https://forms.gle/STUfDkkUKNQ62szD6
Contact: GRIPS E-mail: grips.dms@gmail.com

Profile of Moderator and Presenters

Yoshiaki NAKANOProfessor, The University of Tokyo

Yoshiaki Nakano, Ph.D., is professor of the Institute of Industrial Science, The University ofTokyo. His expertise is structural performance evaluation and its upgrading,post-earthquake/tsunami damage assessment, especially of reinforced concrete and masonry
infilled buildings. He is currently serving as a Vice President of International Association ofEarthquake Engineering (IAEE) and the President of JAEE.

Wataru GOJO
Senior Technical Counselor, Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association

Dr. Wataru Gojo (PhD in engineering) started his career in 1980 at Ministry of Construction,and joined Building Research Institute (BRI) and National Institute for Land and InfrastructureManagement (NILIN) in 1996 to research structural safety of building and performance-based
standard for more than 20 years.

Suguru HIRAYAMA
Chief Examiner, Building Disaster Prevention Section, Osaka Prefectural Government

Entered Osaka Prefectural Government in 1994, mainly responsible for the Building Standard
Law related works (Building Regulation Conformity Inspectors). Responsible for theheadquarters of post-earthquake quick inspection of damaged buildings after the Northern
Osaka Prefecture Earthquake.

Tatsuya AZUHATA
Chief Research Engineer, IISEE, BRI

Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering at Chiba University, in 1993. Entered Ministry of Constructionin 1993. After working at the Housing Bureau, National Institute for Land and InfrastructureManagement, etc., he has been engaging in the international training program at theInternational Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE, BRI) since 2014.

Eduardo Orlando HURTADO GAJARDO
Head of Engineering and Construction Department, Public Building Division, National
Directorate of Architecture, Ministry of Public Works, Chile
Civil Engineer, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, in 1998, and Diploma in energy efficiency andsolar energy thermal in public building, University of Chile. After working in construction building, designand construction of pavement and concrete industry at private sector at the beginning, next as AcademicCoordinator and Professor in Courses Structure, Construction Management and Highway Design at theCentral University of Chile, has worked since 2008 as Fiscal Structures Inspector and since 2012 Head ofDepartment of Engineering and Construction, at National Directorate of Ministry of Public Works.

Lap-Loi CHUNG
Deputy Director General, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering,and Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Lap-Loi Chung got the B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University, andM.S. and Ph.D. degrees from State University of New York at Buffalo. He joined National
Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering in 1992 and dedicated to mitigation ofearthquake disasters. His research interests include seismic design, seismic evaluation, seismic
retrofit and vibration control.

Dave BRUNSDONDirector, Kestrel Group, New Zealand

1984 Master of Engineering from the University of Canterbury; Distinguished Fellow ofEngineering New Zealand; Life Member of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering and theStructural Engineering Society of NZ; Principal Engineering Adviser to a range of government
agencies and local authorities.

Tomohisa MUKAI
Senior Research Engineer, Dept. of Structural Engineering, BRI

Dr. Mukai received his Ph.D. in Faculty of Science and Engineering from Tokyo University ofScience in 2003, M.S. from Tokyo University of Science in 1999. His research focus on
performance based seismic design for buildings, especially damage evaluation of RC structure.

Koichi KUSUNOKIProfessor, The University of Tokyo
1999: Doctor (Engineering) from the University of Tokyo (UoT), research associate of theInstitute of the Industrial Science, UoT , 2002: Researcher of Building Research Institute(BRI),
2003: Senior Researcher of BRI, 2006: Associate Professor of Yokohama National University,
2014: Associate Professor of Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), UoT, and 2018: Professor ofERI.