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Salus (sey luh s) is the Roman goddess of safety, welfare, health and prosperity. At Salus
Resilience, we see her as the goddess of Resilience! But what is Resilience?
Resilience Defined
A simple definition of resilience is the capacity to adapt to changing conditions and to maintain or regain functionality and vitality in the face of hazards. For Oregon and Washington, resilience efforts have been focused on a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and resulting tsunami. While it is recognized that resilience needs to be multi-hazard, the focus on Cascadia is a good starting point due to its size and likelihood. Other hazards can be included and addressed as warranted.
Becoming Resilient
Becoming resilient means reducing the impact of a natural hazard to be more of an inconvenience rather than a disaster. For communities, this means being able to restore basic services in three days and full service in three weeks, and improve the base level of services in the three years following the event. For organizations and businesses, the basic concept is the same, but the focus is on improving safety, reducing repair costs, and improving the time required to regain functionality. Organizations and businesses need to take into account the resilience of the communities where they are located because they are reliant on the outside infrastructure to function.
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Natural Hazard Types
Stealth Hazards
 Climate change, which translates into: o Larger and more frequent storms and hurricanes o Increase in size and frequency of wildfires o Larger and more frequent floods o Droughts o Rising sea levels o Increase in water temperature
 Aging infrastructure failure (utilities, roads)
Man-Made Hazards
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Disasters come in different types. Natural hazards arise from geological and weather-related processes. Stealth disasters are man-made disasters that accumulate slowly over time and are often expressed by weather-related disasters. Climate change is an example of a stealth disaster that is expressed by an increase in weather-related natural hazards. Aging infrastructure can also be seen as a stealth disaster, since the deterioration happens slowly. Finally, there are man-made disasters that include oil spills, arson, and terrorist attacks. All require planning that could trigger a need for resilience services provided by Hart Crowser and its collaborative team of other design professionals.
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Salus Resilience is a team of several resilience-minded firms that have come together to provide resilience assessment, planning, and design services. Working on resilience in our individual specialties, we found that the consideration of the interdependencies between our specialties is critical. We have come together as a partnership to provide an integrated approach to planning and design so that our clients can become truly resilient. Our core team of four firms has relationships with other professionals that can fill in specific project needs. This gives us flexibility to adapt the project team makeup to specific client needs, and provide efficient services. Our core team is Hart Crowser, Inc., Jay Raskin Architect, WRK Engineers, Inc., and ECONorthwest.
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For the past 41 years, Hart Crowser has provided geotechnical, environmental, and natural resource engineering and scientific services. Their engineers and scientists in Washington, Oregon,
Alaska, and Hawaii work worldwide, completing both large- and small-scale projects. They are experienced in managing highly complex projects with conflicting technical, emergency, regulatory, and monetary requirements. Hart Crowser’s engineers and scientists have also taken part in postdisaster and post-earthquake assessments in order to better understand the engineering behind resilient structures.
Hart Crowser provides seismic and geotechnical design for disaster-resistant and blast-resistant development; levees, dikes, and drainage systems; and slope stability. Their experience includes post-disaster evaluation and reconstruction, including landslides and waterfront structures. Their hydrogeology professionals provide emergency water supply development. Hart Crowser is at the forefront of site-specific hazard design, performance based seismic design for high-rise structures, and are on the teams that are designing the only two vertical tsunami evacuation structures in the
United States.
The firm’s environmental specialists support preparation to reduce potential environmental damage, and provide state-of-the-art environmental investigation and remediation services. Their natural resources professionals evaluate fisheries and wildlife biology to address changing ecosystems and altered habitat states, design habitat to reduce potential destruction or reconstruct after a disaster, and conduct natural resource baseline studies.

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Jay Raskin developed an expertise in residential design, mixed use commercial projects, and historic preservation. He works closely with clients and craftsman to create homes that create a sense of delight and are connected to their environment. With historic preservation projects he has helped old buildings have new uses while at the same time preserving their historic character.
While developing his architectural work, Jay has been involved in preparing the coast and Oregon for a large Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. This civic engagement work has included serving on committees and being elected to serve on the City Council, where he championed emergency preparedness and pre-disaster mitigation efforts. This civic engagement work has continued with his work on creating the Oregon Resilience Plan and his appointment to the Oregon Seismic Safety
Policy Advisory Commission. His interest in seismic issues and historic preservation resulted in his being selected chair of Restore Oregon’s Roundtable workgroup that produced the Special Report:
Resilient Masonry Buildings: Saving Lives, Livelihoods, and the Livability of Oregon’s Historic
Downtowns.
From this diverse experience, Jay has a unique understanding of how communities, institutions, businesses and homeowners can prepare for natural disasters, not just for the initial emergency, but also how they can continue with their lives, missions and business following the disaster.
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WRK Engineers has over 35 years of combined experience providing expert structural engineering services to clients across a broad spectrum of market sectors. WRK’s passion for earthquake safety and recovery is demonstrated by a focus on seismic risk and resiliency performance of buildings, structures and critical infrastructure. They have built long-standing relationships with clients and peers through a willingness to apply innovative approaches to complex structural engineering issues. WRK values working collaboratively with clients and design team members to produce integrated, multi-disciplinary solutions for each project. WRK’s services encompass a wide array of project types including the design of new structures, seismic assessment, rehabilitation and strengthening of existing buildings, construction engineering and forensic investigation/litigation support. Within these project types, WRK has worked on thousands of projects ranging from simple modifications of existing structures to the design and construction of new high-rise, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.
WRK Engineers is a leader in structural engineering and seismic design, bringing their expertise to projects through active engagement with key industry organizations that drive the development of seismic design standards. Their involvement with the American Water Works Association (AWWA),
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American Concrete Institute (ACI), Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and others exemplifies a strong commitment to engineering excellence.
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At ECONorthwest, we understand that businesses and governments face difficult decisions about making the best use of limited resources. We help our clients make thoughtful, data-driven evaluations using tools and methods that meet the highest standards of best practice.
At the core of everything we do is applied microeconomics. This perspective allows us to fully understand—and effectively communicate—the benefits, costs, and tradeoffs associated with public policy or business decisions. Our staff brings expertise in economics informed by multiple disciplines that converge around resiliency planning: natural resources, land use planning, urban planning, and economic development.
We have worked in communities across the Pacific Northwest and the U.S. with a diverse array of development goals and different endowments of physical, social, and natural resources. What they all share is the desire to create healthy communities with good jobs and places to live for their current and future residents.
We recognize that well-considered planning in combination with solid fiscal decisions around investments in public infrastructure can create the best defense against disasters of all types, and reduce risk for the entire population. Our staff understands what it takes, and has the tools to help communities move forward in achieving their goals, building resiliency on the road to success.
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Allison is a geotechnical engineer whose experience includes site specific seismic design for buildings, roads, bridges, dock and port structures, large embankments, slopes and landslides, and water and wastewater infrastructure. She is active with the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) Technical Committee on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering has travelled to Chile and Japan after their recent subduction zone earthquakes and tsunamis to study the effects on lifelines. She

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Committee to promote earthquake and tsunami awareness and resilience.
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Brian is a civil engineer who is expert in many structural systems. His experience encompasses a wide array of project types including the design of new structures, seismic analyses, rehabilitation and strengthening of existing buildings, construction means and methods and forensic/litigation support. Within these project types, Brian has worked on hundreds of projects ranging from simple modifications of existing structures to the design and construction of high-rise, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.
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Ed is an economist who leads ECONorthwest’s litigation practice and directs economic analyses of public policies. Much of his work entails applying benefit-cost principles to public-policy alternatives to help stakeholders and decision makers understand the range of economic outcomes. Ed serves on OSSPAC, the Oregon governor’s earthquake and tsunami advisory committee. His recent resiliency work includes estimating the costs of tsunami evacuation in California, developing tools to help local decision makers assess the economic aspects of resiliency investments, and conducting an economic analysis of the University of Oregon’s business continuity plan.
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Jay has been involved in preparing the pacific coast for a large Cascadia earthquake and tsunami.
This civic engagement work has included serving on committees and served as city councilor and mayor of Cannon Beach, Oregon, where he championed emergency preparedness and pre-disaster mitigation efforts. He participated in creating the Oregon Resilience Plan and was appointed by the
Governor to the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission. He was selected as chair of

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Restore Oregon’s roundtable workgroup that produced the Special Report: Resilient Masonry
Buildings: Saving Lives, Livelihoods, and the Livability of Oregon’s Historic Downtowns
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