ASTM E 3429 : 2024

1.3.1Extreme Temperature, Snow, and Hail:

1.3.2Geologic Phenomenon:

1.3.3Water:

1.3.4Wildfire:

1.3.5Wind:

1.5.1Climate-Related Risk Reporting—Many organizations and jurisdictions are developing recommendations, guidance, and standards to address climate change-related property physical risks and resilience. As these risks vary by region, it is critical to maintain consistent assessment methodology, terminology, and disclosure-related outputs. Organizations such as, but not limited to, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation have developed recommendations, guidance, and standards to assess, quantify, and mitigate climate-related risks.

1.5.2Natural Hazard Risk, Disaster Recovery, and Resilience Assessments—Many organizations have developed or are developing natural hazard risk, disaster recovery, and resilience assessment guidance. Organizations such as, but not limited to, the Alliance for National and Community Resilience (ANCR), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), International Code Council (ICC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), World Bank Building Regulation for Resilience (BRR), and others, have developed guidance on identifying hazards, evaluating risk, and enhancing resilience.

1.5.3Complementary Application—This guide, to the extent feasible, is intended to complement existing and future climate and natural hazard-related risk and resilience assessment guidelines, frameworks, and standards to facilitate a consistent approach to evaluating property resilience, regardless of location. This guide is not intended to replace existing guidance or programs. The information generated in a PRA is intended to be supportive of and aligned with those programs, to the extent possible. There is nothing in this guide that would prevent users from requiring more than a baseline PRA to meet their needs as part of the scope of work. Although most of the context of this guide is focused on the United States, the use of this guide is not limited to any one area or country. It should be noted, however, that geographical variances are possible in other regions. This guide is also intended to complement existing property decision-making processes involving existing ASTM standards, including Practice E1527, Guide E2018, and Guide E2026. Refer to 8.3.2.4(1) for additional information regarding seismic risk assessment and the PRA.

1.7.1Hazards and the effects of hazards not listed in 1.3.

1.7.2Federal or state, local, tribal, or territorial (SLTT) laws and regulations of building construction or maintenance. Users are cautioned that current federal or SLTT laws and regulations may differ from those in effect at the time of the original construction of the building(s).

1.7.3Advanced (or performance-based) design for resilience and climate adaptation.

1.7.4Socio-economic factors.

1.7.5Transportation and utility infrastructure, except as noted in 6.17.

1.7.6Direct human-caused impacts such as terrorism and vandalism.

1.7.7The causes of natural hazards or climate change.

1.7.8Secondary hazards such as pollution and pests which may be present on a local, regional, or national basis.

1.7.9Transitional risks, cultural impacts, environmental justice, or impacts to society in general.

1.7.10Broad sustainability considerations or climate change mitigation-related reporting requirements such as greenhouse gas emission reporting, except as noted in 9.11.8 (refer to Guide E2725) and financial disclosures (refer to Guide E2718).

1.7.11The PRA is only intended to provide concept-level resilience measures and rough order of magnitude costs. In some cases, additional study or analysis by a qualified professional may be required following the completion of the PRA to determine the appropriate resilience measures to implement at the target property. Detailed engineering and design drawings and detailed cost estimates are not included within the PRA scope.

1.7.12This list is not comprehensive, and additional considerations beyond scope are noted in 8.7.

1.8.1Section 1 describes the scope.

1.8.2Section 2 identifies referenced standards.

1.8.3Section 3 provides terminology both unique and not unique to this guide.

1.8.4Section 4 sets out significance and use of this guide.

1.8.5Section 5 describes qualifications of those conducting a PRA.

1.8.6Section 6 contains a summary of the PRA Assessment Methodology and Approach.

1.8.7Sections 7 through 9 provide in-depth discussion of the three stages of the PRA.

1.8.8Appendix X1 provides a list of hazard-specific and other resilience-related resources.

1.8.9Appendix X2 provides building considerations related to each of the hazards.

1.8.10Appendix X3 provides qualifications of the hazard specialist, if utilized, as noted in 5.2.

1.8.11Appendix X4 provides greater detail on user engagement.

1.8.12Appendix X5 provides recommended content of a detailed PRA report.

1.8.13Appendix X6 provides hazard-specific mapping and modeling discussion.

1.8.14Appendix X7 provides further detail on climate and natural hazard maps and models.

1.8.15Appendix X8 provides a discussion of cascading and compounding hazards.

1.8.16Appendix X9 provides example risk and benefit-cost analysis methodologies.

1.8.17Appendix X10 outlines example resilience and adaptation measures for each of the hazards.

1.8.18Appendix X11 provides more information regarding consideration of community resilience.

1.8.19References and citations are provided at the end of the document.