“DreamWorks Animation considers BORP to be a vital component of our Global Business Continuity Plan”
– Matt Bogaard, CEO of The Bogaard Group International, former Head of Corporate Security at DreamWorks Animal SKG
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SAFEq Defined
SAFEq Institute is an expert resource for building owners, risk managers, engineers, and local jurisdictions seeking to minimize facility and business interruption losses caused by disasters. SAFEq Institute provides training and certification of individuals to provide emergency structural inspection … > read more
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What is B2B?
A Back to Business (B2B) Program is a next generation Building Occupancy Resumption Program (BORP). BORP is an award-winning program first established by the San Francisco Dept. of Building Inspection, in cooperation with SEAONC, BOMA, and AIA. The program allows building owners to arrange post-disaster building inspections … > read more
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Earthquake Risks
Worldwide, earthquake risk is among the most serious of the risks to the proper functioning of our built environment, and earthquakes threaten life, property, and economic and social stability. The engineering and emergency management communities use two levels of seismic probability to quantify … > read more
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Consulting Services
Comprehensive post-disaster inspection programs and risk reduction strategies for complex, multi-facility clients such as universities, production studios, industrial plants, and large real estate holdings can be provided. > read more
Preparation of Earthquake / Disaster Response Program
Questions & Answers
Earthquakes: Lessons Learned
What business owners need to know and do before the next earthquake.
An interview with David Cocke, S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE
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San Francisco Shows How to Boost Business Resilience
Explaining the Building Occupancy Resumption Program (BORP)
An Interview with Laurence Kornfield and David Cocke S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE
Prior to the Loma Prieta quake, the City of San Francisco had a system for post-earthquake building safety and inspections...
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Business Interruption
A building may not be usable after an earthquake – either because physical damage prevents its proper function, or the occupants’ perception of their personal risk is too high, causing them to refuse to enter the building.
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