Know what to do with your buildings after an extreme event
The questions that matter after an event
Is the building damaged?
Is it safe to stay or return?
What will repairs cost, and how long will they take?
What should be fixed first?
What you receive
- Damage estimates by floor and component group, structural and non-structural
- Inspection priorities: which buildings and areas to check first
- Repair cost and downtime as ranges, for re-occupancy, functional recovery or full recovery
- A repair list ordered by what stops the building working
- A short report for owners, insurers and other stakeholders
How it works
Before
Building information, any existing monitoring or records, and your recovery goals
Event
The building's response is recorded
Analyse
We estimate demand, damage and loss
Decide
A short report and support for your next steps
Who it's for
Prepare before the event
The most useful information after an event is gathered before it: the building's main vulnerabilities and an agreed plan. Our risk and loss assessments provide that starting point.
How we work today
We deliver this through engineering studies and partnerships, and we are developing tools to automate parts of it. Our results support formal safety inspections and decisions by the responsible authorities. They do not replace them.
Our approach builds on our team's peer-reviewed research, including a field study of 26 instrumented office buildings after the 2018 Osaka earthquake. Read the paper