Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program

A Probable Maximum Loss Study of Critical Infrastructrure in Three Caribbean Island States

Appendix 1: Section 3
Instructions for Entering Building Data for PML Study

Column Number	Description	Enter Onto (Form PML-1)
1	ID Number	Number
2	Parish Name	Parish Name
3	Construction Year	Construction Year
4	Elevation	Elevation in feet
5	Distance from Coast	Distance in miles
6	Engineering Level Formally engineered Not engineered Don't Know	FE NE DK
7	Code Used BNS CP28 CUBIC BS 6399 ASCE7 EFBC Other	BNS-YR CUB-YR BS-YR ASCE-YR SFBC-YR Other
8	Design Wind Speed	Speed in mph
9	No of stories	No of stories
10	Construction Quality Above Average Average Below Average	Above Avg. Below
11	Construction Class	To be assigned
12	Roof Geometry Flat Gable Hip Other	Flat Gable Hip Other
13	Roof Covering Built Up roof with gravel Standing Seam Metal Roof Metal Proviled Sheets Asbestos Cement Sheets Tile Roof Timber Shingles Asphalt Shingles Other	BUG SSMR MPS ACS TR TS AS O
14	Roof Decking Cast-in-place concrete slab Pre-cast Concrete Metal deck Wood Battens Plywood Wooden Planks Other	CS PC MD WB PW WP O
15	Roof Framing Reinforced Concrete Steel Beam Steel Truss Open-Web Steel Joist Tapered Steel Beam Wood Truss Wood Beam or Rafter Other	RC SB ST OWSJ TSB WT WBR O
16	Wall Framing Reinforced Concrete Steel Reinforced masonry Unreinforced masonry Wood Other	RC STL RM URM WD O
17	Cladding Reinforced Concrete Block Unreinforced Masonry Precast Concrete elements Stone Panels Metal Panels Wood Other	RCB URCB PCE SP MP WD O
18	Roof-Frame Connection Yes No Don't Know	Y N DK
19	Window Protection Yes No Don't Know	Y N DK
20	Foundation Slab on Grade Piles Blocks Grade Beams Other	SOG PLS BLKS GB O
21	Surrounding Terrain Coastal Open Field Town	C OF TW
22	Topography Essentially Flat Hillside or Ridge Cliff	FL HR CL
23	Debris Hazard Yes No	Y N

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Page Last Updated: 20 April 2001

A Probable Maximum Loss Study of Critical Infrastructrure in Three Caribbean Island States

Appendix 1: Section 3 Instructions for Entering Building Data for PML Study

Appendix 1: Section 3
Instructions for Entering Building Data for PML Study