Optimizing Community Infrastructure

Ryan M. Colker is Vice President of Innovation at the International Code Council, Washington DC, United States. He also serves as Executive Director of the Alliance for National and Community Resilience (ANCR), a national coalition working to provide communities with the tools necessary to holistically assess and improve their resilience. Prior to joining ICC, Colker served as Vice President at the National Institute of Building Sciences where he led the Institute’s efforts to improve the built environment through the collaboration of industry stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. At the Institute he directed the Consultative Council which develops findings and recommendations on behalf of the entire building community and served as staff director of the Council on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; the National Council on Building Codes and Standards; the Off-Site Construction Council and the Institute’s STEM Education Program. He is a recognized expert on emerging issues within the built environment including resilience, building performance, and off-site construction and speaks and writes frequently on these subjects. Previously, he served as Manager of Government Affairs for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and as Program Director of the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation. He is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School, and holds a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, in environmental policy from the University of Florida.

• Introduction to Infrastructure ResiliencePart I: Making the CaseIntroduction1. Resilient Infrastructure: Understanding Interconnectedness and Long-Term RiskAlice C. Hill and William Kakenmaster2. Sustainable and Resilient Buildings: Essential TogetherJason HartkeResilience SolutionsPart II: UtilitiesIntroduction3. Managing Risk to Critical Infrastructures, Their Interdependencies, and the Region They Serve: A Risk Management ProcessJerry P. Brashear4. Resilience of Electric Power InfrastructureJeff Dagle5. Becoming a Resilient Water System: A Transformative ProcessMichael Hooker, Geoffrey G. Miller and Timothy TaberPart III: FinanceIntroduction6. Financing Resilient InfrastructureJoyce Coffee7. Addressing Climate Risk in Financial Decision MakingNatalie Ambrosio, Yoon Hui Kim, Stacy Swann and Ziyue WangPart VI: Landscapes and Land UseIntroduction8. Harnessing Green Infrastructure for Resilient, Natural SolutionsCharriss R.H. York and John Jacob9. How Smart Land Use Policies Help Avoid Future HeadachesSamantha Medlock and James SchwabPart V: Buildings　Introduction10. The New Resilient Built Environment: Perspectives from Investors and Owners of Private BuildingsDevesh Nirmul and John Scott11. The Role of the Designers and Other Building Practitioners in Advancing ResilienceAllison Hoadley Anderson12. Building Codes: The Foundation for Resilient CommunitiesCindy Davis and James Tim RyanPart VI: Policies & PracticesIntroduction13. Designing for Resilient Systems Under Emerging RisksAllison C. Reilly and Bilal Ayyub14. Where Are We? Why Community-Wide Benchmarking is ImportantM. John Plodinec15. How Philanthropy is Transforming Resilience Theory into Practical Applications at the Local LevelRobert G. OttenhoffPart VII: Conclusion16.  A Vision for Resilient InfrastructureRyan M. Colker