Revised-Statement_of_Work_for_December_Hawaii_Coastal_Construction_Training__11012018.docx

Revised Date: 10/31/2018

STATEMENT OF WORK

A&E Coastal Construction/Building Science Curriculum Support

HAWAII

Background The Hawaiian Islands have a total land mass of 6,423.4 square miles and are composed of four counties; those being; Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui. Hawaii’s coastline is approximately 750 miles in length, making it the fourth longest coastline in the United States (after Alaska, Florida, and California). Hawaii is a US State with an estimated resident population of 1,431,603 (2015). In any given year approximately 6.4 million tourists visit the Hawaiian Islands and these islands also serve as major military and naval bases for the armed forces of the United States.

The islands have an extensive history of major disaster including hurricanes, earthquake, volcano eruption, and Tsunami. In the last 12 months, the islands have been severely impacted by flooding and volcanic eruption and lava flow.

· April 13-16, 2018 Flooding: In Kauai County 49.69 inches of rain fell in a two day period destroying or damaging 532 homes, 93 businesses, and numerous public structures. The Hanalei Valley and Bay Region were the most heavily impacted with flood water elevations well in excess of the Base Flood (in some cases the height may approximate a millennial return frequency). In addition, flooding in excess of the Base Flood occurred in Honolulu County (Aina Haina / Niu Valley areas) occurred as a result of this severe weather phenomena and damaged in excess of 500 homes and other buildings.

· Beginning May 3, 2018 and continuing through August 6, 2018 Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii Island) erupted and opened new fissures which allowed lava to flow through several neighborhoods in Hawaii Island. The initial result was the loss of 632 homes and numerous public structures. Proximity fires have destroyed several more homes and other structures during the twelve weeks of the eruption. Several hundreds of additional structures are threatened by these flows and additional homes may be lost. This lost housing stock will require replacement.

· On September 12, 2014 a Major Disaster Declaration for Tropical Storm Iselle was approved for Individual and Public Assistance on Hawaii and Maui Islands (Hazard Mitigation statewide). This storm produced mostly roof and upper structural damage to homes and lightly constructed buildings due to high winds.

For several years the State of Hawaii and FEMA have expressed a shared interest in offering an Architect-Engineer (A&E) Coastal Construction course within the state. Circumstances relating to distance from the US mainland, funding, and the availability of instructors have resulted in these efforts never achieving success. This offering is being undertaken with the full support of the Disaster Relief efforts underway in concert with FEMA-4395-DR-HI recovery.

A&E Services for Hawaii Support Hawaii’s International Building Codes (IBC) requires that building construction and/or rehabilitation services be performed by, or approved by, a registered or licensed architect or professional engineer or a licensed general contractor.

It is understood that to some extent private individuals will undertake construction and rehabilitation activities on their own, and that in some instances (frequency unknown) such work is done without a local building permit.

The A&E Coastal Construction training we propose will reinforce permitted construction through application of model building codes. The target audience is state and local government officials responsible for building permitting and inspection, state and local government engineers and, state and local government architects.

To accomplish this training the Hazard Mitigation (HM) Branch proposes two (2) 2-day Architect /Engineer (A&E) technical curriculum session delivered by an A&E professional using coastal construction techniques including flood, wind, and earthquake consistent with the provisions of the 2018 International Building Codes. The sessions shall be taught in Honolulu and Kahalui, and shall follow the Emergency Management Institute’s L-386 Residential Coastal Construction curriculum.

The length of each session is two full eight hour days (seven hours of instruction exclusive of two fifteen minute breaks and one half hour for lunch) and taught by an A&E professional. Students for this course include state and local government engineers, architects, and building code officials. Floodplain management, hazard mitigation, planning, and building officials with building science knowledge may also attend. Representatives from the State of Hawaii and County departments such as:

· Department of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR);

· County Division of Public Works (DPW);

· Department of Transportation (HI-DOT);

· Department of Hawaii Home Lands (DHHL);

· Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR);

· Department of Public Safety (HI-DPS); and

· University of Hawaii.

As well as Federal entities such as:

· Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);

· Department of Housing & Urban Development (US-HUD); and

· Department of Defense (US-DOD).

While FEMA’s EMI course is well developed, the material may not fully provide guidance for the unique style of construction common on islands and seen in the many US territories including Hawaii’s Kauai Islands. Therefore, the selected contractor shall revise building references to reflect the building stock and island construction techniques commonly found among the Pacific Islands. It is possible that recent course offerings in Guam and Saipan commissioned similar studies that can be used here. In addition, the selected contractor shall customize this offering of the Coastal Construction course to focus on the 2018 IBC provisions for wind, flood and earthquake hazards (including considerations for significant – Hurricane force winds, flood and earthquake hazard-related changes as well as the Electrical Provisions of 2018 IBC).

E-0386 Residential Coastal Construction - Hawaii Contractor shall provide the following modifications to the curriculum:

- Add images of typical Hawaiian buildings to course slide deck (images to be supplied to Contractor by FEMA) and review to ensure applicability to compliant versus non-compliant structures;

- Provide greater emphasis on general 2018 International Building Code usage/applicability (Additional information derived from the BSB CTP Presentation Slide Deck, job aids, and/or Code Masters);

- 2018 IBC provisions for flood hazards; and Course Length:

- The A&E course is 2 days in length. 1.4 CEUs (14 hours total contact time) for each Island. This course will be offered twice to different participants in different locations.

Course Description:

- This A&E course is designed to train participants on FEMA’s Coastal Construction Manual (FEMA P-55), which is the primary, state-of-the-art reference for planning, designing, and constructing residential structures in various coastal environments. The course will focus on 2018 IBC construction techniques with considerations to wind, flood and earthquake hazards as well as electrical provisions. The target audience is engineers, architects, and building code officials. Floodplain management, hazard mitigation, planning, and building officials with building science knowledge may also attend.

Other:

- At the conclusion of the course the instructor shall include information for students on how to access FEMA’s Independent Study, IS 386 Residential Coastal Construction course which provides free self-paced instruction and earns them additional continuing education credits.

PROPOSED A&E COURSE SCHEDULE

Proposed Dates: Monday, December 3, 2018 09:00 to 17:00 Tuesday, December4, 2018 09:00 to 17:00 Wednesday, December 5, 2018 – debriefing and travel day to Kahalui HI Thursday, December 6, 2018 09:00 to 17:00 Friday, December 7, 2018 09:00 to 17:00: de-briefing and return to Honolulu Monday & Tuesday: Residential Coastal Construction A&E course

· Course Day One:

· Introduction and Course Overview

· Pre-Design Considerations

· Identifying Hazards: Seismic, Wind, Flood

· Siting

· Using the 2018 I-Codes to Design the Building

· Course Day Two:

· Designing the Building Envelope

· Installing Electrical and Mechanical Equipment

· Constructing the Building

· Maintaining the Building

· Retrofitting the Building

· Exam Wednesday: Debrief and travel to Kahalui / Maui Island Thursday & Friday: Residential Coastal Construction A&E course

· Course Day One:

· Introduction and Course Overview

· Pre-Design Considerations

· Identifying Hazards: Seismic, Wind, Flood

· Siting

· Using the 2018 I-Codes to Design the Building

· Course Day Two:

· Designing the Building Envelope

· Installing Electrical and Mechanical Equipment

· Constructing the Building

· Maintaining the Building

· Retrofitting the Building

· Exam

INSTRUCTORS:

Professional A&E Instructor(s) must be recognized SME’s in the fields of study included in these courses.

MATERIALS:

Use existing A&E materials:

• Hurricane Isaac RA2 – Minimizing Flood Damage to Electrical Service Components and/or Sandy RA3 – Restoring Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing.

• Job Aid, plan review, IBC. Provide simplified methodology for engineer to ensure they have adequate information on plans for review process.

• Fact Sheet – Design alternatives to meet the 120 mph requirements of The State of Hawaii. Similar to RA8 for the 2011 tornadoes – Reconstructing non-residential buildings after a tornado, but specific to concrete buildings with high winds.

Contractor shall provide updated slides and student activities for Units 1 thru 9 in advance electronically to FEMA-4365-DR-HI Joint Field Office (JFO) Hazard Mitigation Branch. FEMA JFO will be responsible with the State to make the student manual available electronically for registered students and for providing hardcopies (six (6) copies) of student manuals to meet the needs of participants who are unable to work electronically. .

FEMA JFO POC and email address is: Mr. David Kulberg. David.Kulberg@fema.dhs.gov Locations where training will be held are: Session 1, Japanese Cultural Center Manoa Grand Ballroom, 2454 S. Beretania St Honolulu, HI 96826. Session 2, Maui Arts and Cultural Center 1 Cameron Way, Kahalui, HI 96732. The Contractor shall verify location with POC prior to arrival on Saturday, December 1, 2018.

Contractor shall sign certificates of completion provided by FEMA for all qualifying participants in the course. Officials in Hawaii will recruit and register students (using FEMA Form 199-25-1: General Admissions Application) for the course.

Number of registrants will be provided to FEMA and the Contractor no later than seven (7) days before the course offering.

LOGISTICS and OTHER:

Contractor shall coordinate efforts with FEMA Region IX. FEMA/State JFO & Hawaii officials will be responsible to schedule, advertise and facilitate the L-0386 course in the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County.

FEMA shall coordinate with the State to help achieve CEU credits for the courses.