Thursday, February 28, 2008

Giegerich Questions

How has your evaluation process changed since 911?

Please explain in detail how buildings are evaluated?

What are the most important things to take into consideration? height? building material? use of space?

What are the last things that you look at when evaluating a buildling for safety preparedness?

How do you make buildlings safer?

Please give a few examples of typical corrections that need to be made to buildings?

What are the worst problems a buildling can face in terms of safety preparedness?

Tell me about the hardest building to prepare for emergencies versus the easiest kind of buildling?

Who do you have to consult with and what about each person/office makes that person's opinion/expertise/knowledge valuable?

How many buildings have you worked with?

How long does the process take?

Do you recommend that every hi-rise in NYC be evaluated by your company or another one like it?
Why?

What percentage of buildings in NYC do you think are truly prepared for emergencies?

Are most buildings sufficiently prepared before you get to them?

How important is effective communication in the case of an emergency?

How do you ensure that communication will not fail in the case of any emergency?

What kind of communication system do you suggest?

Do you have multiple back up systems in case one or more fail?

What have been some of the consequences due to communication failure in an emergency in a hi-rise?

Over the last seven years, what has been done to increase communication efficiency during emergencies, especially since communication was a major problem in 911 as it is in many other emergencies?

What government agencies do you work with and how does your work coincide with theirs?

What are some complaints you have about buildlings that do no adhere to your standards and are they putting residents and bystanders at risk by failing to be adequately emergency prepared? In what ways?

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