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NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NCSTAC) MEETING

June 8-9 2022

MEETING GOALS:

AGENDA

● Review NIST’s response to the NCSTAC’s 2021 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 recommendationsforthe World

Trade Center and the Joplin tornado, and

● Develop the Committee’s annual report to Congress.

June 8, 2022

Time (ET) Topic Discussion Leader

Opening Remarks

11:00 am – 11:05 am Callto Order 

Roll Call

Ben Davis

Management and Program Analyst,

Disaster & Failure Studies Program 

& NCST Designated Federal Officer

NIST

11:05 am – 11:15 am Welcome 

Opening Remarks

Laurie Locascio

NIST Director

11:15 am – 11:25 am FACA Ethics Briefing Jeffrey Harrington

Senior Attorney, Ethics Law and

Programs Office

Office of the General Counsel

Department of Commerce

11:25 am – 11:30 am Change in Committee Leadership Reggie DesRoches 

Outgoing NCSTAC Chairperson

Provost

Rice University

11:30 am – 11:40 am Meeting Goals 

Review of Agenda

Ross Corotis

Incoming NCSTAC Chairperson

Professor Emeritus

University of Colorado Boulder

11:40 am – 11:55 am NIST Response to the NCSTAC’s 2021 

Report to Congress

Tanya Brown-Giammanco

Director of Disaster & Failure Studies

NIST

11:55 am – 12:05 pm Committee Discussion of the NIST

Response to the 2021 Report to Congress

Ross Corotis

12:05 pm - 12:20 pm Disaster and Failure Studies Program

Updates

Tanya Brown-Giammanco

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Committee Discussion ofthe Disaster 

and Failure Studies Program Updates

Ross Corotis

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm BREAK Ben Davis
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Hurricane Maria NCST and NWIRP Updates

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Summary of Hurricane Maria NCST

Investigation Progress

Joseph Main

TeamLead, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

1:15 pm – 1:35 pm Hazard Characterization Project Update DongHun Yeo

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

1:35 pm – 1:55 pm Performance of Critical Buildings Project

Update

Joseph Main

1:55 pm – 2:15 pm Emergency Communications Project

Update

Katherine Johnson

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

2:15 pm – 2:35 pm Morbidity and Mortality Project Update Judy Mitrani-Reiser

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

2:35 pm -2:55 pm Committee Discussion ofthe Hurricane 

Maria NCST Investigation Updates

Ross Corotis

2:55 pm - 3:05 pm BREAK Ben Davis

3:05 pm – 3:30 pm Hurricane Maria NWIRP Projects

● Recovery of Infrastructure

● Recovery of Business and 

Supply Chain

● Recovery of Social Functions

Kenneth Harrison

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Jennifer Helgeson

Project Leader, Hurricane Maria NCST

NIST

Maria Dillard

Associate Team Lead, Hurricane Maria

NCST

NIST

3:30 pm - 3:40 pm Committee Discussion of the Hurricane 

Maria NWIRP Project Updates

Ross Corotis

Progress on Implementation of Recommendationsfrom Previous NCST Investigations

3:40 pm - 4:05 pm Summary of Progress on Prior 

Investigations

● World Trade Center

Recommendations

● Joplin Tornado

Recommendations

Long Phan

Leader, Structures Group

NIST

Marc Levitan

Research Wind Engineer, Structures

Group

NIST

4:05 pm – 4:20 pm Committee Discussion ofthe Progress on 

Implementation

Ross Corotis

4:20 pm - 4:30 pm BREAK Ben Davis

Committee Business

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm NCSTAC Preparation of Annual Report to

Congress

Ross Corotis

5:00 pm ADJOURN (DAY 1) Ben Davis
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June 9, 2022

Time (ET) Topic Discussion Leader

Opening Remarks

11:00 am – 11:05 am Call to Order 

Roll Call

Ben Davis

Champlain Towers South NCST Updates

11:05 am – 11:45 am Champlain Towers South NCST 

Investigation Overview

Judy Mitrani-Reiser

Team Lead, Champlain Towers South

NCST

NIST

Jennifer Huergo

Family Liaison, Champlain Towers South

NIST

11:45 am - 12:15 pm Champlain Towers South 

NCST Investigation Update

Glenn Bell

Associate Team Lead, Champlain

Towers South NCST

NIST

12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Committee Discussion of the Champlain

Towers South NCST Investigation Update

Ross Corotis

12:25 pm - 12:35 pm BREAK Ben Davis

12:35 pm - 12:40 pm Intro to Preliminary Collection and 

Analysis of Evidence

Glenn Bell

12:40 pm - 12:55 pm 3D Visualization of Evidence David Goodwin

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

Georgette Hlepas

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

USACE

12:55 pm - 1:10 pm Collection of Additional Evidence Emel Ganapati

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

Kamel Saidi

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

1:10 pm - 1:25 pm Non-Destructive Testing of Evidence Scott Jones

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

Aspasia “Sissy” Nikolaou 

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

1:25 pm - 1:40 pm Committee Discussion of Preliminary 

Collection and Analysis of Evidence

Ross Corotis
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1:40 pm - 2:10 pm BREAK Ben Davis

2:10 pm - 2:15 pm Intro to Invasive Testing of Evidence, 

Structural Testing and Analysis

Glenn Bell

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Invasive Testing of Evidence Ken Hover

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

Chris Segura

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Structural Testing Jonathan Weigand

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

Jack Moehle

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Computational Modeling and Analysis Jim Harris

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

Fahim Sadek

Project Leader, Champlain Towers

South NCST

NIST

3:00 pm - 3:05 pm Champlain Towers South NCST 

Investigation Concluding Remarks

Glenn Bell

Judy Mitrani-Reiser

3:05 pm - 3:25 pm Committee Discussion of Invasive Testing 

of Evidence, Structural Testing and

Analysis

Ross Corotis

Closing Business

3:25 pm - 3:35 pm BREAK Ben Davis

3:35 pm - 3:45 pm Summary Remarks Jason Averill

Chief, Materials and Structural Systems

Division, Engineering Laboratory

NIST

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm Public Comment Period Ben Davis

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

Congress

Ross Corotis

5:00 pm ADJOURN Ben Davis