SESSION 38 - RESILIENCE AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

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ResilieNomics and Why Building Resilience Index will Change How we Build, Finance & Insure

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​Aris Papadopoulos, Founding Chair, Resilience Action Fund

 

The presentation will examine ResilieNomics and the International Finance Corp (IFC) Building Resilience Index (BRI), and discuss its current launch in developing countries and future use in the US. Discussion will include an analysis of how the index will advance above-code construction by increasing resilience transparency and aligning finance and insurance, how it will increase the use of resilient construction materials and methods, and what opportunities exist for building professionals to become BRI Assessors and Verifiers.

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Resilient Design Collaborative

 

Steve Sunderman, President, Terrazia PC

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Good project design is not just about creating beautiful buildings that meet code - it is about keeping businesses and communities functioning when hazards strike.  Business and communities cannot achieve long-term sustainability if they are not also resilient.  This presentation will provide insights into how disaster risk reduction supports operational continuity, examples of design strategies that reduce the risk of disasters and improve business outcomes, as well as strategies for planning and creating disaster resilient projects and sustainable communities.

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BCMI and the Superworkforce: From Dispatch Tool to Autonomous Execution

 

Joe Carlson, Sales Executive XBE

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Ready-mix dispatch has always been the highest-leverage decision point in the operation — and the most dependent on a single person's experience. In this session, Joe Carlson walks through how XBE's BCMI works as a system of action for ready-mix concrete, connecting dispatch, production, delivery, sales, and customer experience in one platform, and how the superworkforce capabilities recently launched within All-22 are turning dispatch plans into dispatch execution without manual intervention. All-22 simulates the full field and optimizes against the producer's own priorities — and its auto-ticketing capability autonomously creates tickets, assigns trucks, and closes deliveries based on the plan and real-time batch panel and fleet tracking signals, eliminating the manual ticket lifecycle that consumed dispatcher and plant operator time. Joe will also cover how Agent XBE extends the superworkforce further, answering operational questions, generating reports, and taking proactive action across the full breadth of BCMI's data — shifting the dispatcher's role from pulling every lever to strategic planning and exception handling.

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