Sidewalk surveys can be used to ground-truth information from different sources to provide the best estimates of the number of potentially vulnerable older reinforced concrete buildings.
Quick Facts:
- Time to Organize: 1-3 months
- Time to Survey One Building: 15-30 minutes
Past Efforts:
California Inventory Project: With funding from the California Office of Emergency Services, the Concrete Coalition California Inventory Project gathered information on the number and types of pre-1980 concrete buildings that exist in the 23 counties with the highest seismicity in the state. Read the report here: http://www.concretecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/concrete_coalition_final-revise-0512.pdf. For more information about the California Inventory Project contact concretecoalition@eeri.org.
Resources:
- Sample Data Sheet – sample used for collecting building data in Alameda County
- Sample Buildings List – sample building list used for the California Inventory Project
