NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NCSTAC) MEETING

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Administration Building, Heritage Room, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

March 6-7, 2024

AGENDA

MEETING GOALS:

● Review NIST’s response to the NCSTAC’s 2023 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, and

● Develop the Committee’s annual report to Congress.

March 6, 2024

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

Jason Averill

Deputy Director, Engineering

Laboratory

NIST

9:15 am – 9:30 am Ethics Briefing Attorney from Ethics Law & Program

Office

U.S. Department of Commerce

9:30 am – 9:45 am Meeting Goals & Logistics

Review of Agenda

Tanya Brown-Giammanco

Director of Disaster & Failure Studies

NIST

9:45 am – 10:05 am NIST Response to the NCSTAC’s 2023

Report to Congress

Tanya Brown-Giammanco

10:05 am – 10:15 am Committee Discussion of the NIST

Response to the 2022 Report to Congress

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

NCSTAC Chairperson

Principal

PORTICUS

10:15 am – 10:30 am BREAK Tina Faecke

10:30 am – 11:00 am Camp Fire Research and Outputs Eric Link

Fire Protection Engineer

NIST

11:00 am – 11:15 am Committee Discussion of the Camp Fire

Research and Outputs

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

11:15 am – 11:35 am Disaster and Failure Studies Program

Updates

Tanya Brown-Giammanco

11:35 am – 11:45 am Committee Discussion of the Disaster

and Failure Studies Program Updates

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

11:45 am – 12:50 pm Committee Photo and LUNCH Tina Faecke

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Hurricane Maria NCST and NWIRP* Updates

12:50 pm – 1:10 pm Hurricane Maria NCST Investigation:

Summary of Progress

Maria Dillard

Associate Team Lead, Hurricane Maria

NCST

NIST

1:10 pm – 1:30 pm Discussion of the Hurricane Maria

Summary of Progress

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

1:30 pm – 1:50 pm Cross-Project Panel Theme 1: Hazard

Exposure

DongHun Yeo

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Marc Levitan

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Maria Dillard

1:50 pm – 2:10 pm Discussion of Cross-Project Panel Theme

1: Hazard Exposure

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

2:10 pm – 2:30 pm Cross-Project Panel Theme 2: Hospital

Functionality and Infrastructure

Dependencies

Maria Dillard

Joseph Main

Team Lead, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Ken Harrison

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm Discussion of Cross-Project Panel Theme

2: Hospital Functionality and

Infrastructure Dependencies

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

2:50 pm – 3:05 pm BREAK Tina Faecke

3:05 pm – 3:25 pm Cross-Project Panel Theme 3: Protective

Actions and Preparedness

Jennifer Helgeson

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Katherine “Jo” Johnson

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Marc Levitan

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

3:25 pm – 3:45 pm Discussion of Cross-Project Panel Theme

3: Protective Actions and Preparedness

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Hurricane Maria NCST Investigation:

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps

Joseph Main

4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Discussion of the Hurricane Maria

Concluding Remarks

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

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Committee Business

4:10 pm – 5:00 pm NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to

Congress

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

5:00 pm ADJOURN (DAY 1) Tina Faecke

*National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program

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March 7, 2024

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 Champlain Towers South NCST

Investigation: Summary of Progress

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Team Lead, Champlain Towers South

NCST

NIST

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

Towers South Summary of Progress

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

9:40 am – 10:20 am Cross-Project Panel Theme 1: Timeline

and Evidence Collection

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

David Goodwin

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

Kamel Saidi

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

Emel Ganapati

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

Florida International University

Jack Moehle

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

10:20 am – 10:40 am Discussion of Cross-Project Panel Theme

1: Timeline and Evidence Collection

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

10:40 am – 10:55 am BREAK Tina Faecke

10:55 am – 11:35 am Cross-Project Panel Theme 2: Analysis

and Testing Updates

Fahim Sadek

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

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James Harris

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

J.R. Harris & Co.

Christopher Segura

Kenneth Hover

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

Jack Moehle

Sissy Nikolaou

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

11:35 am – 11:55 am Discussion of Cross-Project Panel Theme

2: Analysis and Testing Updates

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

11:55 pm – 12:55 pm LUNCH Tina Faecke

12:55 pm – 1:35 pm Cross-Project Panel Theme 3: Analysis of

Failure Hypotheses

Glenn Bell

Team Associate Lead, Champlain

Towers South NCST

NIST

Fahim Sadek

Georgette Hlepas

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

USACE

Scott Jones

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

James Harris

Youssef Hashash

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

1:35 pm – 1:55 pm Discussion of Cross-Project Panel Theme

3: Analysis of Failure Hypotheses

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

1:55 pm – 2:25 pm Champlain Towers South NCST

Investigation: Concluding Remarks and

Next Steps

Glenn Bell

2:25 pm – 2:45 pm Discussion of the Champlain Towers

South Concluding Remarks

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

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Closing Business

2:45 pm – 3:05 pm Public Comment Period Tina Faecke

3:05 pm – 3:15 pm Summary Remarks Jason Averill

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm BREAK Tina Faecke

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to

Congress

José Izquierdo-Encarnación

5:00 pm ADJOURN Tina Faecke

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