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Know Your Risks | Topics | To Do > Make A Plan

• List your facilities. Identify each building your business uses, as well as each specialized space within those buildings. Examples of specialized spaces might include showroom, office space, warehouse, and parking. Give attention to areas that support special equipment or functions that cannot easily be duplicated elsewhere, such as manufacturing or an industrial kitchen.
• Identify the spaces, equipment, specialized personnel, or other features of your business that will be essential to restoring operations after a disruptive earthquake. Give special attention to any equipment or inventory that is difficult or expensive to replace.
• Document the objectives and criteria used for any previous seismic improvements, or for original building construction, if possible.
• Assign a recovery objective to each facility and each specialized space. The recovery objective – hours, days, weeks, or months – is the time in which operations need to be restored in order to avoid devastating business losses. Listing a recovery objective for each space will help prioritize and guide technical assessments to come.
• Summarize the agreements that govern the post-earthquake use of each facility. Know the conditions under which you may lose the use of your space or other resources. Relevant documents might include leases, loan documents, insurance policies, franchise agreements, building code regulations for damaged structures, and service agreements with vendors and consultants.