Applied Technology Council (ATC)-20, is a widely accepted standard for post earthquake safety review and tagging of structures. ATC-20 is designed to train inspectors, facility managers, architects, engineers, contractors and other building professionals, the methodology for post earthquake building evaluation.

The procedure is designed to allow the inspector to rapidly review a building and determine if the building can be occupied (green tag), requires additional reviews or has partial damage (yellow tag), or should be closed until demolition or upgrading (red tag).
Included in the class are slides of past earthquakes such as Nisqually (Washington) and Kobe (Japan) earthquake building damage examples.

For those that have taken the ATC-20 class, we encourage you to fill out the application to be an Emergency Worker with King County.

About the Speaker
		Behrooz (Ben) Emam is a registered architect, a professional civil engineer, and a certified facility manager, with over thirty years of experience in architectural and structural engineering, emergency preparedness, facilities, construction, and project management. He has Masters degrees in Architecture and Civil Engineering from University of Nebraska.