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BOMA Exec Talks Earthquake, Issues for 2002

SEATTLE, WA- Rodney S. Kauffman, executive VP of Building Owners and Managers Association in Seattle, says that aside from emergency preparedness the three hottest topics among Puget Sound building owners and managers are transportation, regulatory issues and utility rates.

By Janet Parker | Updated on February 28, 2002

SEATTLE, WA-It was a year ago today that the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake rocked the region. Between that wake-up call and the earth-shattering events of September 11, says Rodney S. Kauffman, executive VP of BOMA’s Seattle chapter, “a lot more time has been spent looking at building emergency systems and preparedness plans. Some long-held practices have been modified, others reinforced.”

One grim change Kauffman notes is on building evacuation. “Typically if something were to happen on the upper floors of a tower,” he begins, “then the lower floors would be evacuated. Now, most plans have been reassessed to plan for evacuating away from a building.”

Aside from emergencies, Kauffman says the three hottest topics among Puget Sound owners and managers are: transportation, regulatory issues and utility rates. “Both locally and statewide, transportation is woefully inadequate to service the economy we all want to see. We need mobility and capacity improvements,” bemoans Kauffman. “As an organization representing the office market, we are encouraging our lawmakers to get on the road to permanent financing and solutions to the problems.”

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