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Who To Call
The following list of contacts is divided into areas of expertise
regarding earthquakes, structural engineering and other related
issues. Following the list of SEAONC contacts, other organizations
are listed for further reference. Where possible, an individual
for each organization is listed as a Contact for the Media. All
individuals listed herein are experts in their respective fields,
and are prepared and willing to provide useful and meaningful
information.
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Expertise
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Bret Lizundia , SEAONC President
Office: (415) 568-4400
Reinhard Ludke, SEAONC Vice-President
Office: (415) 834-2010
Douglas Hohbach, SEAONC Past President
Office: (650) 617-5930
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Charles Kircher
Charles Kircher and Associates
Mountain
View, CA
O: (650)968-3939
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Ronald Mayes
Simpson, Gumpertz, & Heger
San Francisoc, CA
O: (925)283-1166
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David Friedman
Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)837-0700
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Jack Moehle
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Richmond, CA
O: (510)231-9554
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Mark Ketchum
OPAC Consulting Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)989-4551
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Ronald Hamburger
Simpson, Gumpertz, & Heger
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)495-3700
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William Holmes
Rutherford and Chekene
Oakland, CA
O: (510)740-3200
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David Bonneville
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952
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Jon Kiland
DASSE Design Inc.
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)243-8400
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Loring Wyllie
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952
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William Holmes
Rutherford and Chekene
Oakland, CA
O: (510)740-3200
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Ronald Hamburger
Simpson, Gumpertz, & Heger
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)495-3700
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Reinhard Ludke
C + D Consulting Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)834-2010
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Jon Kiland
DASSE Design Inc.
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)243-8400
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Damaged
Building Evaluations
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Ronald Gallagher
R.P.Gallagher Associates, Inc.
Oakland, CA
O: (510)893-2400
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Patrick Buscovich, SE
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)788-2708
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David Bonneville
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952
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Earthquake
Reconnaissance
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Loring Wyllie
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952 |
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John Dal Pino
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952
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Maurice Power
Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.
Oakland, CA
O: (510)663-4100
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Frank Rollo
Treadwell and Rollo, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)955-9040
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Navin Amin
Middlebrook + Louie
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)477-9000
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Peter Lee
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)352-6878
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William Holmes
Rutherford and Chekene
Oakland, CA
O: (510)740-3200
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Chris Poland
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952
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William Dasher
DASSE Design Inc.
Oakland, CA
O: (510)433-9370
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Don Cushing
Interactive Resources
Pinole, CA
O: (510)243-1697
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Charles Scawthorn
Oakland, CA
O: (510)528-0780
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Ed Matsuda
BART
Oakland, CA
O: (510)287-4981
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Mark Salmon
MGE Engineers
Oakland, CA
O: (510)208-4320
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Reinforced
Concrete Construction
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Loring Wyllie
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952
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Jack Moehle
Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Richmond, CA
O: (510)231-9554
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David Friedman
Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)837-0700
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Rob Tovani
Degenkolb Engineers
Oakland, CA
O: (510) 272-9040
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Charles Kircher
Charles Kircher and Associates
Palo Alto, CA
O: (650)968-3939
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Temporary
Emergency Shoring
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David Hammond
Palo Alto, CA
O: (650)493-1733
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John Dal Pino
Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)392-6952
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Unreinforced
Masonry Buildings (UMBs)
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Bret Lizundia
Rutherford and Chekene
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)495-4222
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Dan Shapiro
SOHA Engineers
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)989-9900
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Peter Culley
Culley Associates, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
O: (415)693-1600
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Kenneth Smetts
K.D. Smetts, Structural Engr. Inc.
Lafayette, CA
O/H: (925)935-0468
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William Vaughn
Vaughn Engineering
Lafayette, CA
O: (925)284-4518
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Kelly Cobeen
Cobeen & Associates, Structural Engineers
Lafayette, CA
O: (925)708-0143
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Structural
Engineering
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Structural Engineers Association of
California
1414 K Street, Suite 260
Sacramento, CA 95814
CONTACT: (916)447-1198
www.seaoc.org
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Structural Engineers Association of
Central California
P. O. Box 2590
Fair Oaks, California 95628-9590
CONTACT: (916)965-1536
www.seaocc.org
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Structural Engineers Association of
San Diego
P. O. Box 26500, Suite 203
San Diego, California 92126
CONTACT: (619)223-9955
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Structural Engineers Association of
Southern California
5360 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, California 90601
CONTACT: (562)908-6131
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American Society of Civil Engineers
San Francisco Section
74 New Montgomery Street, Ste. 230
San Francisco, California 94105
CONTACT: San Francisco (415)546-6546
www.asce-sf.org
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American Society of Civil Engineers
Sacramento Section
P. O. Box 2997
Sacramento, California
CONTACT: (916)961-2723
www.asce-sacto.org
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Division of the State Architect,
Structural Safety Division
1130 K Street
Sacramento, California 95814
CONTACT: (916)445-8100
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Earthquake and Structures, Inc.
6355 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 101
Oakland, CA 94609-1372
CONTACT:
Bishwendu Paul (510)601-1065
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Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development
1600 9th #435
Sacramento, California 95814
CONTACT: Public Affairs Office
Ms. Darlene Schell (916)654-1499
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Seismic Safety Commission
State of California
1755 Creekside Oaks Drive, Suite 100
Sacramento, California 95833
CONTACT: (916)263-5506
www.seismic.ca.gov
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Seismology
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The study of earthquakes, ground motion and related phenomena.
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U. S. Geological Survey - National
Earthquake
Information Center
CONTACT: Personnel on duty (rotates) (303)273-8500
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U. S. Geological Survey
Office of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Engineering
CONTACT: www.usgs.gov
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U. C. Berkeley Seismographic Station
475 Earth Sciences Building
Berkeley, California 94720
CONTACT: Prof. Barbara Romanowicz (510)642-3977
Dr. Robert Uhrhammer
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Hazard Reduction
and Research
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These organizations and universities perform important research
related to reduction of hazards caused by earthquakes.
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
499 14th Street, Suite 320
Oakland, California 94612-1932
CONTACT: (510)451-0905
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Stanford University,
The John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center
Stanford University
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Stanford, California 94305-4020
CONTACT: (415)723-4150
fax: (415)725-9755
internet address: earthquake@ce.stanford.edu
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Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
College of Architecture
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3137
CONTACT: Dennis E. Wenger, Director (409)845-7813
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Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
213 Thomas Laboratory
Pasadena, California 91125
CONTACT: Professor John F. Hall (626)395-4160
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Seismological Laboratory
California Institute of Technology Cal Tech Media Relations
262 South Mudd Building (626) 395-3227 (626)395-3631
Pasadena, California 91125
CONTACT: Dr. Donald Halmberger (626)395-6998
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Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room B168, Building 226
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
CONTACT: Bldg. & Fire Research Lab
Dr. Shyam Sunder, Director (301)975-6061
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Disaster Research Center
77 East Main Street
Newark, Delaware 19716
CONTACT: (302)831-6618
(302)831-6618
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Earthquake Engineering Research Center
University of California, Berkeley
EERC Director
1301 South 46th Street
Richmond, California 94804-4698
CONTACT: Jack Moehle, Director (510)231-9554
fax: (510)231-9471
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Structural Systems Research
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California 92093-0085
CONTACT: Dr. Nigel Priestly (619)534-5951
Frieder Seible (619)534-4640
Gil Hegemier (619)534-4280
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Natural Hazards Research and Applications
Information Center
Campus Box 482
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0482
CONTACT: (303)492-6818
internet address: hazctr@colorado.edu
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National Center for Earthquake Engineering
Research
State University of New York at Buffalo
105 Red Jacket Quadrangle
Buffalo, New York 14261-0025
CONTACT: George Lee, Director
(716)645-3391
fax: (716)645-3399
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Lifelines
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Life support and utility systems such as water delivery systems, electric
power, crude oil transmission systems, transportation.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
News Department
P.O. Box 770000
San Francisco, California 94177
CONTACT: (415)973-5930
24-Hour Emergency
(415)-973-7000
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Caltrans, California Department of
Transportation
Division of Structures
P. O. Box 942874
Sacramento, California 94274-0001
CONTACT: Jim Roberts (916)227-8808
Jim Drago (916)654-4677
Jim Gates (916)227-8773
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Utilities Engineering Bureau, PUC
CCSF
1155 Market Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, California 94103
CONTACT: Michael Kuan (415)554-0701
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Division of Safety of Dams
California Department of Water Resources
P. O. Box 942836
Sacramento, California 94236-0001
CONTACT: (916)653-5791
Vernon H. Persson, Chief (916)445-7606
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Technical Council of Lifeline
Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE), ASCE
ASCE World Headquarter
Reston, VA
CONTACT: Anshel Schiff (650)947-0748
Fax: (800)548-2723
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Earthquake
Preparedness
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Planning and preparing for future earthquakes and recovery periods.
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Association of Bay Area Governments
P. O. Box 2050
Oakland, California 94604-2050
CONTACT: (510)464-7900
www.abag.ca.gov
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Center for Earthquake Studies
Southeast Missouri State University
One University Plaza
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701
CONTACT: Dr. Nicolas H. Tubbs
(573)651-2019
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Disaster Relief
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Agencies for the safe and timely reconstruction and recovery of
communities, residential and commercial structures after an earthquake.
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State Office of Emergency Services
Headquarters
P.O. box 419047
Rancho Cordova, California 95741
CONTACT: Tom Mullins (916)262-1843
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), Region IX
Building 105
Presidio of San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94129
CONTACT: Eliza Chan (415)923-7006
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Centers for Disease Control
Mailstop F38
4770 Buford Hwy.
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724
CONTACT: (770) 488-7100
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Office of the United Nations Disaster
Relief Coordinator (UNDRO)
Palais Des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
CONTACT: 734 60 11 or 731 02 11
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Office of the U. S. Foreign Disaster
Assistance
Agency for International Development
Room B6, Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20523
CONTACT: Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (202)712-0400
Mr. Bill Garvelink (202)647-5916
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