Archive for March, 2013
Project implementation and progress
This week Talen, Vick, and Christian met with Steven Bibby from B.C. Housing, and went through the BC Housing RDA program. Examining the B.C. Housing program gave them valuable information on how rapid damage assessment could be performed in the North Shore. Several members of our team also had a brief meeting with Dr. Kenneth Elwood to discuss how a program such as ours could be implemented in Vancouver. After our meeting, Dr. Elwood was able to show us a draft ATC report which had valuable
BC Housing
information on proposed changes to the ATC-20 guidelines.
Our team has been able to complete a majority of taks according the the schedule prescribed in our Gantt chart. The one exception to this was the the our final report. While our initial plan was to submit our final report to Dorit Mason on the 18th, it became clear that we were missing several key pieces of information. Many of our contacts were yet to respond to our messages, and meetings were still planned in the coming days. After consulting Dorit, we decided to change the deadline for our final report to April 3rd and submit a draft report on March18th. This draft report summarized all of our current recommendations, but lacked information from B.C. Housing and the ATC report Dr. Elwood’s sent us. After receiving this information we have updated our report and begun to compile our list of recommendations NSEMO
Applied technology council
We will be presenting our project in the form of a poster in the civil design studio at UBC on Monday, March 25. As planned, Christian and Sarah have begun work on the poster assignment while Alex, Vick, Talen, and Erick have begun working on their parts for the final report. Next weekend we plan on making our presentation and practising it before our meeting with NSEMO next week. Our report and presentation will go over our teams final recommendations for a complete rapid damage assessment plan
NSEMO Scheduling
Projected Scheduling
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During the first two weeks, each member of the group will complete their research and compile it into individual sections of the final report. Members will contact the professionals they were assigned to as part of their section, in order to aid and supplement their individual research. On days when the group meets, information and progress will be shared and noted, and plans for the final RDA program will be made. The final report will be completed and sent to Dorit Manson on March 18th.
The final report will include all recommendations put forward by the team regarding the RDA program for North Vancouver. Upon completion of the final report, the team will prepare for the presentations to UBC and NSEMO. The Poster presentation is a requirement from UBC, and will be viewed by faculty and professionals that are available on the day.
After contacting Dorit, we set the date for the NSEMO presentation on Wednesday, April 3rd at 3PM.