Buildings at Risk: Earthquake Loss Reduction Summit

Hosted by the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) and supported by FEMA NEHRP and QuakeSmart, the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA), California Institute of Technology (CalTech), and California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA), the Summit's goals are to create a forum that will not only increase the awareness of seismic risk and loss mitigation, but spur action. The sessions will stress the benefit of mitigation, highlight the role of structural engineers, and encourage synergy among the structural engineering community, emergency managers, policy makers and other stakeholders. The target audience includes building officials, architects, engineers, building owners, the public, government officials, insurance company representatives, and police and fire department representatives.