Tornado – date for the diary!
You’re invited to join us, International Code Council, on February 15 2022 for a panel discussion on Tornado Awareness and Risk Mitigation.
With the recent deadly storms and tornadoes having claimed the lives of 90 people across 5 states, building safety professionals should understand their community’s risk from tornadoes and how to best mitigate their effects. We invite you to join the International Code Council for an hour with the smartest minds in wind science and tornado risk mitigation for the built environment.
Our panel will share their experiences from a recent post-disaster assessment of storm damage in Kentucky and discuss the latest available research and wind science for tornadoes. The panel will also highlight tornado-resistant provisions in the I-Codes and the first-ever criteria for tornado-resistant design recently published in ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.
Important details:
- Tuesday, February 15, 2022, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Panel:
Marc L. Levitan, Ph.D.
- Lead Research Engineer, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
Lawrence Novak, SE, F.SEI, CERT, LEED AP
- Chief Structural Engineer
- International Code Council
Donald Scott, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE
- Senior Principal
- PCS Structural Solutions
Pataya Scott, PhD
- Civil Engineer, Earthquake and Wind Programs Branch
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
Moderator
Karl Fippinger, CEM, PMP
- Vice President, Fire & Disaster Mitigation
- International Code Council