Links:
 FEMA's Building Performance Assessment Teams - The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Building Performance
Assessment Team (BPAT) Program, part of FEMA's national mitigation
effort, is operated by a consulting
engineering firm under contract to FEMA. The program employs federal,
state, and local officials, and private-sector specialists from many
fields to study building performance in response to natural and
human-caused hazards. BPAT objectives are to inspect buildings and
infrastructure; conduct forensic engineering analyses to determine
causes of structural failure and success; and recommend actions that
state and local governments, the construction industry, and building
code organizations can take to reduce future damage and protect lives
and property in hazard areas.
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Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) Information Center - The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) Information
Center has a large collection of books, periodicals, videos, slides,
and other resources regarding the mitigation of natural hazard damage
to structures. These materials are available on loan to members,
associate members, and the general public. The subject areas of the
IBHS collection include: Insurance and Natural Disasters, Business
Interruption, Disaster Preparedness, Retrofitting Structures, Building
Codes, and Emergency Management. The information center can also
research questions concerning all of these areas and provide
information via e-mail, phone, fax, or mail. The site also includes a
searchable "Annotated Planning and Hazards Bibliography".
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Japan Highway Public Corporaton Research Institute - The Research Institute performs its role as a specialist organization for research
and development closely tied to construction and maintenance work with the
objective of raising the level of expressway construction and operation
technology.
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