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The AIA Disaster Assistance Program

Cooper Martin

Manager of Community ResilienceAIA National

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Mission• provide advocacy,

education, and training to advance the role of architects in disaster response.

• Help local governments provide safety evaluations as quickly as possible

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Where We Work

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“The experience as a SAP Volunteer was a very positive one that taps at the very core of what we as architects do, design buildings. As an SAP Volunteer we can see how these buildings perform in earthquakes, fires and floods and make judgment calls about safety and occupancy……What is next for this place, how can they rebuild with a greater sense for increasing the sustainable social, economic, and environmental vitality of the region?”

- Robert Thiele, AIA

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Tuscaloosa

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Tuscaloosa Process …10th DayAssistance Requested on the 7th dayOn-demand SAP Training Certification Course on

the 10th day 166 Attendees – 98 Architects Professional Engineers, Building Inspectors

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Tuscaloosa Process…Field Survey

• Tools and evaluation standards provided by local government.

• Architects operate as an extension of the building department.

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Tuscaloosa Process…Field Data

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Failures

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R/UDATs & SDATs

AIA Center for Communities by Design