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AIA Resilience Series Session 1 - Earth: Update on the Oregon Resilience Plan

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The Oregon Resilience Plan was adopted in 2013 and proposed a 50-year plan to protect lives and keep commerce flowing following a Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. It looked at critical lifeline infrastructure and buildings, impacts on business and the workforce, and the impact of the tsunami on coastal communities. It has now been over 10 years since the plan was adopted by the Oregon Legislature. It has been used as a planning document for state agencies, local communities and districts. It was used as well as a base document for NIST’s Community Resilience Planning Guide, which expanded it into all hazards and introduced social resilience factors. This session will review the plan, discuss its concepts and recommendations, review the state of its implementation, its impact and the challenges ahead.

About this Resiliency Series

Making our communities resilient means addressing the natural hazards associated with the geological and climatic processes that created the environment we live in. It has become even more challenging as we actively change the climate. Please join us as we explore resilience efforts based on the four elements of earth, wind, water and fire. They examine the impacts these hazards on the built environment and look at how they can be mitigated. The series ends with a moderated panel discussion that steps back to look how these elements fit together and what lessons can be learned. 

Cost:

If you are a member of a partnering org that helps share the series to their members you get in at the AIA Member rate

Full Series - All 5 Sessions

AIA Member: $45

Non-members: $112.50

Students: Free

If you can’t make all 5 sessions, you can register for each session individually

Single Event Rate:

AIA Member: $10

Non-members: $25

Students: Free

Speaker:

Jay Raskin, FAIA

Jay has been a leader in seismic resilience in Oregon and nationally. Starting with emergency planning efforts for Oregon coastal communities when the threat of a Cascadia earthquake and tsunami was first recognized, he later initiated post-disaster recovery planning as city councilor and mayor of Cannon Beach. He was instrumental in the creation of the Oregon Resilience Plan and served on the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission (OSSPAC). In addition, he chaired the National Institute of Science and Technology’s Community Resilience Panel. A member of the AIAO Legislative Committee, he has helped pass resilience legislation in Oregon.