NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NCSTAC) MEETING

28 September 2017

THE PORTRAIT ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 101

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY (NIST)

100 BUREAU DRIVE, GAITHERSBURG, MD 20899

AGENDA

MEETING GOALS:

• Review NIST’s response to the Committee’s 2016 annual report recommendations,

• review update on the progress of the implementation of NIST Joplin tornado investigation’s 

recommendations,

• review update on the Disaster and Failure Studies program,

• and provide recommendations to NIST that will better prepare the readiness of future National 

Construction Safety Teams to carry out effective and impactful disaster and failure 

investigations.

Thursday, 28 September

Time Topic Discussion Leader

Opening Remarks

8:30 – 8:35 am Call to Order

Roll Call 

Safety Briefing

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Director, Disaster & Failure 

Studies Program

NIST

8:35 – 8:40 am Welcome

Opening Remarks 

Kent Rochford

Acting NIST Director and

Under Secretary of Commerce 

for Standards and Technology

8:40 – 8:50 am Meeting Goals

Welcome New Committee Members

Review of Agenda

James Quiter

NCSTAC Chairperson

Principal

Arup

8:50 – 9:05 am NIST Response to the NCSTAC’s 2016 Report to 

Congress

Howard Harary

Director, Engineering 

Laboratory 

Designated Federal Officer 

NIST

9:05 – 9:20 am Committee Discussion of the NIST Response to 

the 2016 Report to Congress 

James Quiter

Progress on Implementation of the Joplin Tornado Recommendations

9:20 – 9:25 am Summary of Progress on Joplin 

Recommendations

Judith Mitrani-Reiser
9:25 – 9:50 am Tornado Hazard Characteristics and Associated 

Wind Field (Recommendations Group 1)

Performance of Buildings, Shelters, Designated 

Safe Areas, and Lifelines (Recommendations 

Group 2)

Long Phan

Leader, Structures Group

NIST

9:50 – 10:05 am BREAK

10:05 – 10:50 am Tornado Hazard Characteristics and Associated 

Wind Field (Recommendations Group 1)

Performance of Buildings, Shelters, Designated 

Safe Areas, and Lifelines (Recommendations 

Group 2)

Marc Levitan

Acting Director, National 

Windstorm Impact Reduction 

Program

NIST

10:50 am – 11:10 am Pattern, Location, and Cause of Fatalities and 

Injuries, and Associated Performance of 

Emergency Communications Systems and Public 

Response (Recommendations Group 3)

Erica Kuligowski

Group Leader, Wildland-Urban 

Interface Fire Group

NIST

11:10 am – 11:30 am Discussion of Progress on Joplin 

Recommendations

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

11:30 am – 12:45 pm Lunch at Dining Room A

12:45 – 1:05 pm FACA (Federal Advisory Committee Act) Ethics 

Guidance

Jeffrey Harrington

Senior Attorney, Ethics Law 

and Programs Division

DOC

1:05 – 1:20 pm Public Comment Period James Quiter

Disaster and Failure Studies Program Updates

1:20 – 2:05 pm Updates on DFS Work Towards Enhancing the 

Readiness of Teams 

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Jason Averill

Chief, Materials and Structural 

Systems Division

NIST

John van de Lindt & 

Walter Peacock

Center for Risk-Based 

Community Resilience 

Planning

Colorado State University &

Texas A&M University
Fire Research Division Updates

2:05 pm – 2:20 pm Updates on FRD Work Towards Enhancing the 

Readiness of Teams 

Nelson Bryner

Chief, Fire Research Division

NIST

2:20 pm – 2:40 pm Discussion of Program Updates Jason Averill

Appreciation for Departing NCSTAC Members

2:40 pm – 2:45 pm Summary Remarks Howard Harary

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm BREAK

NCSTAC Discussions

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Updates on Requested Information from the 

Committee Regarding NCST Deployment 

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Discussion on Updates

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

Congress

James Quiter

5:00 pm ADJOURN