About the Author
Michael Fillion, PE, M. ASCE is President of Fillion Group, Inc. Structural Engineers and is Past Chair of NCSEA’s Existing Buildings Sub-Committee, a member of the Structural Advisory Committee to the Massachusetts State Building Code, a participant at the ICC Code hearings and a committee member of ASCE 11-28 Structural Condition Assessment of Existing Buildings. He is also Chair of the SEAMass Structural Engineering Emergency Response Committee and a Cal OES SAP & ICC When Disaster Strikes Trainer. (mrf.structure@verizon.net)