Join AIA San Diego & Coffman Engineers for a presentation that demonstrates how pedestrian simulation modeling can help businesses develop social distancing management plans for our dynamic new norm.
As we approach a new phase in the ongoing pandemic, we are challenged to navigate the new normal and reenter potentially densely populated, highly social environments such as offices, malls, theaters, stadia, and other venues. People Simulation Modeling utilizes engineering analysis to confirm that acceptable social distancing practices can be achieved. This digital due diligence involves replicating the built environment and developing digital models to simulate best practices like crowd spacing control, screening, one-way directional travel, and other measures to satisfy operational needs and demonstrate social distancing practices are feasible and appropriate. As our understanding of the virus evolves, social distancing management practices can evolve too. Simulations can quickly be performed to meet a company’s operational needs and implement the most up-to-date best practice.
Learning Objectives:
The scientific background of COVID-19 transmission through a building and how this affects design.
How the built environment can be modified to mitigate risk of COVID-19 transmission and protect the health and welfare of occupants.
A brief background on the study of human behavior and pedestrian simulation modeling and how this helps us create safer buildings and sites for occupants and other users.
How Pedestrian Simulation Modeling for COVID-19 can be used to develop strategies for safe reentry into social environments.
Learning Outcomes:
This course is designed to teach participants about how COVID-19 can be transmitted through our built environment and provide examples of strategies to mitigate risk of infection and help protect the health and well-being of employees, clients, customers, and others engaging within a facility.
The course will also demonstrate how software can be used to update strategies developed as social distancing management recommendations change and provide maximum safety throughout different phases of reentry into buildings.
Facilitator Qualifications: Robert Gerard, PE
With more than a decade of experience working in countries around the world, Robert Gerard, PE is a senior fire protection engineer at Coffman Engineers and brings an international perspective focused on performance-based design to the US regulatory environment. His work includes major mixed-use buildings, hotels, resort casinos, transportation centers, museums, high-rises, and office buildings, as well as numerous publications and educational seminars, workshops, and conferences.
Robert specializes in building optimization for fire and emergency response scenarios, which led him to develop Pedestrian Simulation Modeling for COVID-19. His expertise experience in human behavior and modeling software can help provide strategies to mitigate risk of COVID-19 transmission and minimize business interruption during the pandemic.
