Taryn Williams is a Senior Project Manager at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger in San Francisco, CA. Taryn is the Past President (2017-2018) of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC), a Board member for SEAONC and the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC), and a Board member of the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI). (tnwilliams@sgh.com)
Resilience has become a common term among engineers, policymakers, and the national community of construction industry professionals. NCSEA recently formed a Resilience subcommittee to develop positions and recommendations on issues concerning resilience-based planning and design. …