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Resilience

Windstorm impact reduction

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Projects and Programs

Coastal Inundation: Hazard Characterization and Structural Design

Ongoing
Objective - To develop next-generation methods and tools to better characterize coastal inundation hazards, associated loads, and response of structures, thus enabling performance-based standards for designing structures that resist coastal inundation. What is the new technical idea? Current design
Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian Study

Ongoing
Objective Conduct a research study on Hurricane Ian’s 2022 landfall in Florida to: Improve (a) coastal flood hazard characterization, including quantification of overland velocity and waves, (b) quantification of storm surge loads on buildings due to hydrostatic pressure, wave forcing, surge

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Coordination

Ongoing
Objective - To support NIST's statutory Lead Agency role of coordinating National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP) research and implementation activities. What is the new technical idea? This project supports coordination, management, and leadership of the National Windstorm Impact

Publications

Design Guide for New Tornado Load Requirements in ASCE 7-22

Author(s)
Erik Perfetto, James Taylor, Karah Osburn, Brian O'Connor, Marc Levitan, Jennifer Mitchell
This instructional guidance is for design professionals and building officials to help them determine when a building or other structure is required to be

Awards