Tsunami Bridge Design Kickoff Meeting, April 14-15, 2015

Kickoff Meeting of TPF / PEER Tsunami Bridge Design Guidelines Project

Los Angeles, California

April 14: Discussion of Tsunami Modeling Approaches and Options
Conference Room 526, Ronald Tudor Hall, University of Southern California

1:00-1:15	Welcome & Introductions (Bozorgnia)
1:15-1:25	Overview of Proposed Modeling Approach (Lynett)
1:25-1:50	Background and Review of Probabilistic Tsunami Modeling [Thio] Review of previous approaches (URS, CGS, ASCE7) Proposed methodology Alternative approaches / other methods
1:50-2:30	Background and Review of Local Hazard Determination [Lynett] Review of previous approaches (ASCE7, FEMA) Proposed methodology Alternative approaches / other methods Focus on model precision and uncertainty
2:30-3:00	Development of an Online Portal for Tsunami Data [Yeh]
3:00-3:15	Coffee
3:15-5:00	Group Discussion [led by Bozorgnia and Lynett] Desired Probabilistic Approach (ASCE7 or something different) Consistency across states Assessment of local hazard What parameters do we expect to need? What level of modeling do we want require? What level of prescriptive simplicity are we willing to accept?

April 15: Kick-off Discussions
Conference Room 209, Kaprielian Hall, University of Southern California

8:15-8:30	Light breakfast
8:30-8:45	Welcome and Brief Review of previous day [Bozorgnia]
8:45-9:00	Project Team Overview and Organization [Lynett]
9:00-9:30	Review of Working Group 1 Approach and Tasks [Thio and Lynett]
9:30-9:45	Discussion
9:45-10:15	Review of Working Group 2 Approach and Tasks [Scott]
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00	Discussion of Working Group 2 Objectives
12:00-1:30	Lunch – walk to University Club
1:30-1:45	Review and Discussion of Working Group 3 Tasks [Murphy]
1:45-2:00	Review and Discussion of Working Group 4 Tasks [Shantz]
2:00-2:30	Review and Discussion of Working Group 5 Tasks [Murphy]
2:30-4:00	Other items, open discussion, final remarks and the path forward