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NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NCSTAC) MEETING

Administration Building, Lecture Room D, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

June 14-15, 2023

AGENDA

MEETING GOALS:

● Review NIST’s response to the NCSTAC’s 2022 Report to Congress,

● Review Disaster and Failure Studies Program Scoring of Events and Readiness of Teams,

● Review the status of the NCST investigation of Hurricane Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico,

● Review the status of the NCST investigation of the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in 

Surfside, Florida,

● Review progress on the implementation of NCST investigation recommendations for the World 

Trade Center and the Joplin tornado, and

● Develop the Committee’s annual report to Congress.

June 14, 2023

Time (ET) Topic Discussion Leader

Opening Remarks

9:00 am – 9:05 am Call to Order

Roll Call 

Tina Faecke

NCSTAC Designated Federal Officer

NIST

9:05 am – 9:15 am Welcome

Opening Remarks 

Joannie Chin

Director, Engineering Laboratory 

NIST

9:15 am – 9:30 am FACA Ethics Briefing Rebecca Hermanowicz

Senior Attorney

Ethics Law and Programs Office

Office of the General Counsel

Department of Commerce

9:30 am – 9:45 am Meeting Goals

Review of Agenda

Membership Status Update

Ross Corotis

NCSTAC Chairperson

Professor Emeritus

University of Colorado Boulder

9:45 am – 10:00 am NIST Response to the NCSTAC’s 2022 

Report to Congress

Tanya Brown-Giammanco

Director of Disaster & Failure Studies

NIST

10:00 am – 10:10 am Committee Discussion of the NIST 

Response to the 2022 Report to 

Congress

Ross Corotis

10:10 am – 10:30 am Disaster and Failure Studies Program 

Updates

Tanya Brown-Giammanco

10:30 am – 10:40 am Committee Discussion of the Disaster 

and Failure Studies Program Updates

Ross Corotis

10:40 am – 10:55 am BREAK Tina Faecke

Introduction to Hurricane Ian Study

10:55 am – 11:25 am Hurricane Ian Study Overview James LaDue

Acting NWIRP Director
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NIST

11:25 am – 11:40 am Committee Discussion of the Hurricane 

Ian Study

Ross Corotis

Progress on Implementation of Recommendations from Previous NCST Investigations

11:40 am – 12:10 pm Summary of Progress on Prior 

Investigations

● World Trade Center 

Recommendations

● Joplin Tornado 

Recommendations

Fahim Sadek

Research Structural Engineer,

Structures Group

NIST

 

Marc Levitan

Research Wind Engineer, Structures 

Group

NIST

12:10 pm – 12:25 pm Committee Discussion of the Progress on 

Implementation

Ross Corotis

12:25 pm – 1:15 pm Committee Photo and LUNCH Tina Faecke

Hurricane Maria NCST and NWIRP Updates

1:15 pm – 1:35 pm Summary of Hurricane Maria NCST 

Investigation Progress

Joseph Main

Team Lead, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

1:35 pm – 1:50 pm Committee Discussion of the Hurricane 

Maria Summary

Ross Corotis

1:50 pm – 2:10 pm Cross-Project Panel Theme 1: Hospitals DongHun Yeo

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Joseph Main

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

2:10 pm – 2:25 pm Committee Discussion of Panel Theme 1: 

Hospitals

Ross Corotis

2:25 pm – 2:45 pm Cross-Project Panel Theme 2: Sheltering Marc Levitan

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Katherine “Jo” Johnson

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Maria Dillard

Associate Team Lead, Hurricane Maria 

NCST

NIST

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Committee Discussion of Panel Theme 2: 

Sheltering

Ross Corotis

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm BREAK Tina Faecke

3:15 pm – 3:35 pm Cross-Project Panel Theme 3: 

Infrastructure Dependencies

Ken Harrison

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST
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Jennifer Helgeson

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Maria Dillard

3:35 pm – 3:50 pm Committee Discussion of Panel Theme 3: 

Infrastructure Dependencies

Ross Corotis

3:50 pm – 4:05 pm Conclusion and Update on Hurricane 

Fiona

Maria Dillard

4:05 pm – 4:15 pm Committee Discussion of the Conclusion 

and Update on Hurricane Fiona

Ross Corotis

Committee Business

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to 

Congress

Ross Corotis

5:00 pm ADJOURN (DAY 1) Tina Faecke
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June 15, 2023

Time (ET) Topic Discussion Leader

Opening Remarks

9:00 am – 9:05 am Call to Order

Roll Call 

Tina Faecke

Champlain Towers South NCST Updates

9:05 am – 9:30 am Summary of Champlain Towers South 

NCST Investigation Progress

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Team Lead, Champlain Towers South 

NCST

NIST

9:30 am – 9:40 am Committee Discussion of the Champlain 

Towers South NCST Investigation 

Progress

Ross Corotis

9:40 am – 10:00 am Presentation of Champlain Towers 

South: Evidence Collection, 

Measurements, & Visualization

Sissy Nikolaou

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

Christopher Segura

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

Jonathan Weigand

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

Emel Ganapati

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

Georgette Hlepas

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

USACE

10:00 am – 10:25 am Committee and Panel Discussion of 

Champlain Towers South: Evidence 

Collection, Measurements, & 

Visualizations

Ross Corotis

10:25 am – 10:45 am Presentation of Champlain Towers 

South: Structural, Geotechnical, & 

Materials Science Analysis/Testing

Glenn Bell

Team Associate Lead, Champlain 

Towers South NCST

NIST

Kenneth Hover

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

Scott Jones
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Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

Youssef Hashash

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Fahim Sadek

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

10:45 am – 11:10 am Committee and Panel Discussion of 

Champlain Towers South: Structural, 

Geotechnical, & Materials Science 

Analysis/Testing

Ross Corotis

11:10 am – 11:25 am BREAK Tina Faecke

11:25 am – 11:45 am Presentation of Champlain Towers 

South: Failure Hypotheses

David Goodwin

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

Kamel Saidi

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Jack Moehle

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

NIST

James Harris

Project Leader, Champlain Towers 

South NCST

11:45 am – 12:10 pm Committee and Panel Discussion of 

Champlain Towers South: Failure 

Hypotheses

Ross Corotis

12:10 pm – 12:30 pm Conclusion of Champlain Towers South 

NCST Investigation Progress and Next 

Steps

Glenn Bell

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm Committee Discussion of the Champlain 

Towers South Conclusion

Ross Corotis

12:45 pm – 1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK Tina Faecke

Closing Business

1:30 pm – 1:50 pm Public Comment Period Tina Faecke

1:50 pm – 2:00 pm Summary Remarks Joannie Chin
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Director, Engineering Laboratory 

NIST

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to 

Congress

Ross Corotis

3:30 pm ADJOURN Tina Faecke