BUILDING PERFORMANCE: HURRICANE INIKI IN HAWAII
Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance
Learning from failure, building on success
Teaming to Reduce Future Damages
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Insurance Administration
In Cooperation with the State of Hawaii Office of Civil Defense and Kauai County
FIA-23, 3/93





APPENDIX A 
BUILDING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TEAM MEMBERS AND ADVISORS 

TEAM MEMBERS 
Todd Davison, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance 
Administration, Team Leader, Washington, D.C. 

Robert Durrin, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX, Team Coordinator, 
San Francisco, CA 

Charles E. Bornman, Greenhome & O'Mara, Inc., Division Manager, Structures, 
P.E., Greenbelt, MD 

Melvin T. Nishihara, State of Hawaii, Office of Civil Defense, Hurricane Program 
Manager, Honolulu, HI 

Michael K.H. Yee, Michael K.H. Yee, Consulting Structural Engineer, P.E., 
Honolulu, HI 

Lee T. Takushi, SSFM Engineers, Inc., Structural Engineer, P.E., Honolulu, HI 

Peter N. Taylor, Peter Taylor, Inc., Structural Engineers, Lihue, Kauai, HI 

John Maroun, Senior Technical Director, DMJM, Honolulu, HI 

TECHNICAL AND POLICY ADVISORS 

Thomas O. Batey, Administrative Assistant, Office of the Mayor, County of Kauai, 
Lihue, Kauai, HI 

Domingo 'Don' Lutao, Kauai County Department of Public Works, Code Enforcement 
Coordinator, Lihue, Kauai, HI 

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Anne Schneider, Kauai County, Planning Department, Architect, Lihue, Kauai, HI 

John Eldridge, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX, Chief, Flood 
Hazards Branch, San Francisco, CA 

Robert Schofield, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hazard Mitigation Team, 
Region X, Seattle, W A 

Steven Yamamoto, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Engineer, Pacific Ocean 
Division, Honolulu, HI 

Charles H. Fletcher, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Ph.D., Honolulu, HI 

Ron Agor, Architect, AlA, Lihue, Kauai, ill 

Paul D. Armstrong, International Conference of Building Officials, Staff 
Engineer, Whittier, CA 

Gary T. Yamamoto Barrett, Consulting Group, Civil and Structural Engineer, P.E., 
Honolulu, HI 

David Ayer, Architect, AlA, Division Manager, DMJM, Honolulu, HI