2011 global news

1 2LETTER FROM KITI am on a United flight to meet Jay Reiser and Chris Smith in Cleveland. Why Cleveland? Because the three of us are meeting one of the largest developers in the U.S., and they happen to be located there. They are interested in engaging Miyamoto as a possible strategic partner. Since they develop whole communities and cities, if this partnership is successful, we will not only provide engineering but we may influence the strategic direction of development worldwide.

In these uncertain economic times the competition is fierce. Just being a good old structural engineering firm is not enough. It is a sure formula for eventual failure. We need to be strategic partners with client organizations, public agencies, and even countries if we want to succeed.

I believe our great success so far is founded on five elements:

• Being a purpose-driven company

• Having passionate and teamwork-oriented people

• Possessing a unique focused niche of high-performance earthquake engineering

• Creating strategic partnerships with key organizations

• Executing international growth strategy

Kit Miyamoto and Guilaine Victor with Haitian

Related Links

• Structural Engineer: Kit Miyamoto, one of a kind

• Kit Miyamoto appointed to the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission

Let me give you more details.

“Make the World a Better Place” is not a cliché. This is what we do. It is something we strongly believe in and we walk the walk EVERYDAY.

All of us are passionate about what we do. We use our strengths and work as part of a team to complement each other’s uniqueness. We value character, communication and teamwork skills in individuals even more than technical skills. If we work as a team, we can do so much more than we can as individuals.

We have formed strong strategic relationships with key organizations such as the Pan American Development Foundation, Burbank Airport, Haitian government, Cardno in New Zealand, Bangkok GE Bank, United Nations, USAID and many more. They all value our technical robustness and unique expertise, but more than that, they value our understanding of their organizations and strategies. As a result of knowing them deeper, our solutions are right on the money.

Over the next six weeks, I will be in Haiti, New Zealand, Copenhagen, Romania and Bangkok. We are committed to expanding our business globally, because that is where the majority of economical growth will occur in the next 20 years. Our expertise is unique, and these global regions need our help the most.

In Haiti, the country and people I love, we are engaged deeply in the reconstruction effort. I feel our effort will significantly impact how people live in the future. In New Zealand, we have formed a business alliance with

Cardno, an international 6,000-person civil engineering company. Michael King is currently leading the reconstruction effort there. In Copenhagen, where the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) headquarters is located, we are discussing a possible global strategic alliance. Through an alliance with UNOPS, we have faster access to the central governments worldwide. In Bangkok, where people are really concerned about their seismic risk, the GE Capital Bank is engaging us with their business partners to protect their assets and to look after their schools.

Because of all these strategic actions I may not be able to be with you often. But here is what I ask you to do: manage and lead yourself. Build strong relationships with the people you work with. Challenge your peers and managers if commitments are not followed. Grow as a team player, a communicator and a leader. Study this subject continuously by reading books and listening to CDs. We need effective leaders to grow and succeed as a firm, and to have a greater impact worldwide.

Thank you,Kit Miyamoto

3 4SACRAMENTOIt’s been a year since our last publication, so we have a lot of ground to cover. I’ll start with August of 2010, when Bob led the Miyamoto team in our third Ride For a Reason fundraising bicycle ride on the beautiful American River bike trail. Once again, we raised funds by engaging business partners in our community to sponsor the Miyamoto team and raised about $3,000 to support cancer survivorship programs and Parkinson’s research.

In October, we had our annual Halloween costume potluck. As always, competition was stiff, with costumes ranging from celebrity to the macabre. Most convincing costume was Steve’s Lady Gaga, which could only have been more convincing if he had broken out in song!

A big thanks to Rachael and the finance team for the scary decorations and lunch treats!

In December, we had our annual Christmas potluck and white elephant gift exchange. As always, the exchange was a lot of fun with people stealing gifts ranging from a bottle of Crown Royal to a megaphone! This year, we had our 2011 kick-off party at Spataro Restaurant in downtown Sacramento. The dinner and the company were fantastic, with nearly everyone from our finance, HR, and Sacramento teams in attendance.

Some of the more unique or notable projects over the past year that I’d like to share include shake table testing programs that Bob and Amir have

Sacramento team putting their all into Halloween

developed and managed for ceiling assembly manufacturers that were performed at the University of Buffalo, NY, and UC Berkeley. Bob and Amir hope to build upon this experience by expanding our services to include similar testing for other equipment and non-structural components. In Iasi County, Romania, a construction license was just issued for the seismic retrofit of the Iasi City Hall. The City Hall is a three-story stone and brick masonry bearing wall structure built in the 1820s. Our retrofit consists of implementation of a lead-rubber bearing base isolation system below the ground floor level. This unique project required a very demanding three-month design schedule, an understanding of Romanian design codes, and close collaboration with Romanian government officials

and design consultants. I want to give a special thanks to our design team including Mike, Natalie, and Amir for all of their hard work on the project. I’m really looking forward to the site visits!

Finally, I’d like to once again, welcome Jay and Lorretta to our humble Sacramento team, and congratulate Dave and Sonia as our newest Professional Engineers!

“Cheers” to a strong finish to 2011!

Sacramento activities in the past year

5 6OC/SAN DIEGOGreetings from OC/SD! Those of us who attended the Miyamoto Yosemite camping trip last month are settling back in to the daily task of making the world a better place. I’ll go out on a limb and state that I thought that was far and away the best company event I have ever attended. The variety of hikes, bike rides, card games, social get togethers, perfect weather and time well spent with both new and “old” friends was beyond compare. If you didn’t attend this year’s event, consider putting it on your calendar for next year; it’s a can’t miss great adventure.

In people news, Joniene (John-neen) Swick has joined us as a new Regional Business Development Associate in San Diego. Joniene has a rather extensive network of architects, contractors and

owner/developer contacts that she is bringing to MI from her past experience focused in the San Diego market. Sheri Abedin has been helping us out in OC as our administrative assistant. Sheri recently moved to OC from Seattle where she worked at Microsoft. I have come to think that Sheri knows more about Microsoft’s products than Bill Gates himself!

Mike King who spent 7 months in Haiti last year has just headed off to Christchurch, New Zealand, to develop business and establish Miyamoto International there in a strategic alliance with Cardno, a mostly civil worldwide firm that has an established presence in Christchurch. With the earthquakes there over the past 11 months, the city is still reeling from

Joniene Swick (L), Michael King (R) and company enjoying one of the Yosemite hikes

the destruction and trying to finalize their plan for reconstruction. The work we can help with there consists of demolition engineering, building assessments, seismic retrofitting, preservation of historic buildings and new construction. New Zealand parallels many west coast cities in that their building stock is of similar vintage, with buildings from the late 19th century (mostly URMs) as well as highly engineered systems such as base isolated hospitals. While Christchurch is primarily in recovery mode, Wellington, a city on the North Island, long thought to be at a higher seismic risk, is now in full mitigation mode in preparation for the seismic event that they know is in their future. MI, along with Cardno’s structural team, are providing great assistance in their efforts to create a safe environment.

Congratulations to Allen and Kim Manalansan on their first baby boy. Arun Sem Manalansan was born on August 10 at 9.2 lbs, 21½ inches.

Cardno vehicle on site in New ZealandArun Sem Manalansan

Related Links

• The Press (New Zealand): ‘Too many’ demolitions

• New Zealand Channel 3 News feature

7 8LOS ANGELESThe Los Angeles office has been growing and has expanded 40 percent! Almost all of our cubicles in the office have been filled and during our lunch staff meetings, we actually have to bring in extra chairs! We have been so lucky to find talented engineers to join the Miyamoto team that share our vision to make the world a better place.

The LA office is still working with the Burbank Airport Authority on a redesign of the Regional Intermodal Transportation Center. The project is a 300,000-square-foot structure with a consolidated rental care facility, terminals for airport shuttle, transit bus services, and visitor parking. We are now changing the design from a 4-story parking structure to a three-story parking structure, while eliminating public parking

under the RITC and making the new parking structure larger to accommodate this relocated parking to a one-for-one space basis. We have been working closely with the design team and the Airport Authority to ensure that all the client’s needs and requests are met.

We continue to provide design services for the fine arts and museum market sector. In particular, we have worked on exhibitions featured in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Resnik Pavilion. We worked on the current Tim Burton Exhibit and Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts. We have also designed the new exhibition partition walls for the upcoming “Living in a Modern Way” California Design exhibit and Metropolis II at the Broad Contemporary Art Museum

The Los Angeles office team

(BCAM) exhibit. We are developing a great relationship with this client and hope to continue to work with them on future projects.

With the 30/10 Initiative in the works, our LA team is currently working on the Westside Subway Extension. This “Subway to the Sea” will extend the Purple Line, which now runs from Union Station to Koreatown, all the way into Santa Monica. The project will reduce a typical car ride from the Westwood/UCLA to downtown Los Angeles from one hour to only 24 minutes! Eventually, the other phases of the project will take the line all the way to the end of Santa Monica and allow travelers to get right to the sea for some fun, sand, tan and surf!

By now, you have seen the emails announcing the LA office’s new hires. But we’d like to extend another warm welcome to Glenda Tavera, Gretchen Haussler, Philip Yu, Wilson Nunez, Rachel Wong, and Chris Haight. *Round of applause!!* We welcome them and look forward to another great year at Miyamoto International!

LETTER FROM MARKWow–as I as travel around the U.S., it becomes more and

more apparent that Miyamoto is rapidly distinguishing itself from the pack of other firms who cannot seem to break free of their self-imposed constraints.

With a strong sense of purpose (saving lives), incredibly aggressive PR, consistent brand-building activities, laser-focussed recruiting, and last but not least, our fearless leader, Kit, I predict the gap

between Miyamoto and other overly-conservative structural engineering firms will continue to grow.

Sure, the building market is not great. But Miyamoto’s focus on high-performance earthquake engineering plus better overall business practices will allow the firm to grow in flat or declining markets.

I’m glad to be a small part of this company and proud of the firm’s success. Being successful is fun–especially when most companies that do what you do aren’t!

Mark Zweig

Related Links

• LAX Theme Building feature video

9 10PORTLANDWe have had a very busy year up here in the great Northwest. We have rekindled a few relationships with architects and contractors that we worked with previously when our company did a handful of seismic retrofits in the mid-to-late 90s. We successfully completed the investigation phase for 300 NW 14th Street (Dynagraphics) and we were recently awarded the construction documentation phase due to our high performance engineering differentiator. Another local engineer wanted to use braced frames, but we were able to show that, by using ASCE-41 and high-performance engineering, the existing wall piers on the 2nd floor work without the braced frames. The contractor/development partner, our client, preferred our solution and was also reassured of this decision after our meeting with the lead structural engineer with the City of Portland.

We also recently completed an ASCE-31 Tier 3, using ASCE-41, for an existing ten-story reinforced concrete apartment building for HUD loan requirements. This project came to us from a friend of John Rupp. We found that the shear walls on the lower floors are overstressed and that the building is torsionally sensitive, which can result in major damage or collapse in an earthquake. We have proposed a high-performance engineering option to retrofit the building with visco-elastic and viscous dampers, in order to eliminate the torsional sensitivity and reduce the demand to the shear walls. After presenting our investigation phase results to our client, we look forward to starting the next phase soon.

After the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan this past March, previous discussions with the AIA for a Portland

Portland team in Yosemite, 2011

Earthquake Symposium suddenly became reality. After much planning and many meetings, we had our Earthquake Symposium at the end of June. Kit presented his findings from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan along with Dr. Chris Goldfinger from OSU on a Thursday evening at the AIA Portland office. On Friday, over 100 people attended a full day of presentations and panel discussions at Lincoln Hall, Portland State University. We also gave a presentation about the analysis phase for rehabilitation in the afternoon session, and presented and moderated a session in the morning regarding the regulatory landscape in Portland and Oregon. In addition to bringing the A/E/C and government leaders together on the issue of Oregon’s earthquake vulnerability, the other significant outcome from the symposium were the discussions about earthquake safety for the unreinforced masonry schools. To this end, the symposium committee is moving forward on addressing these issues with the Portland Public Schools and a fundraising event to retrofit these dangerous school buildings is planned for the near future. A big thank you to Jessica Stanton for all the effort and hours she put forth in order to make this Symposium happen.

Portland is very glad to have Cory Kilcullen back in our office part time from the Haiti office. Cory is managing the commercial and residential projects from Haiti and provides a very important link to these projects for client management, information gathering, and coordination with production in the U.S. We have successfully completed the design for many projects, including the Fonkoze Building, the first steel-framed buckling

restrained brace (BRB) building in Haiti. This four-story building was engineered by John Rupp and is starting construction very soon. We are currently working on the Carribean market, which will be the second steel-framed BRB building in Haiti. This three-story building will be supported on a single story cast-in-place concrete structure; which will provide parking for the adjacent market after the phase one of construction is complete. Cory has also started discussions on a ten-story mixed-use building in Haiti. We will work with a Portland architect and a local Haitian architect on the design. This is an exciting project that will provide an opportunity to bring “Portland–centric“ architectural design and mentoring to Haiti.

We welcome Rob Aman to the Portland Office. Rob has been a structural engineer in Portland for over 15 years. He graduated from Portland State University and came to us from Nishkian Dean where he successfully engineered and managed a wide variety of local projects, including new construction and renovations of public schools, seismic retrofits of fire stations, and projects at Oregon State University. Rob will provide the day-to-day leadership for our Portland Office. He is reconnecting with his clients and has already brought in opportunities to Miyamoto Portland! Rob is also leading the effort in finding our new office space in the city of Portland. We are looking forward to moving closer to our clients and action in the near future, and will host an open house after we have moved to our new space.

We look forward to an exciting and action-packed third and fourth quarter and to reporting from our new office space in the next newsletter.

11 12HAITIGreetings from Haiti!

Tremendous progress has been made with the Yellow House Repair program in that we recently passed the 4,000 houses repaired milestone! This has been a wonderful success and a critical step in providing safe houses for hundreds of thousands of displaced Haitians. However, this effort is nowhere near enough when compared to the overall needs and requirements of the damaged houses in Haiti. While house reparation increases ductility and performance, strengthening is still required for long term solutions.

Miyamoto Haiti is currently a partner in the Retrofit Guideline Development program. We have completed four pilot

houses and have an additional five houses in Delmas 32. The initial retrofit example in the paragraphs below is from Delmas 48.

The house was not selected by our team, rather it selected us. Part of the slab roof collapsed (~25%) while repairs were being performed. Fortunately, no one was injured. However, this unfortunate mishap did allow for the opportunity to verify the guidelines empirically and learn what does and does not work in partnership with the CM, quality engineers, contractor, and masons.

The house was occupied by a family of 5—mom, grandma, and three kids ages 12, 17 and 19—and was a one-story, two-story mix. During the demolition and

Demolition of existing slab New slab rebar cage and formwork

retrofit phases of the project, the family lived in a temporary shelter located next to the house. The shelter was modest at best, measuring a whopping 11ft x 7ft and included a cooking area close to the door, one bed and blankets on the dirt floor for those unable to sleep in the bed.

The retrofit consisted of the following: 1) replacing the slab on the 1-story section, including adding two columns and a beam; 2) adding 11.5 meters of 3-inch shear walls throughout the bottom story; 3) chainage beams to tie the second story walls together; and 4) new roof corrugation, 2 x 4s with hurricane ties, and lattes to replace worn and deteriorated roofing.

The project took approximately three weeks to complete from start to finish. CTS, the construction team responsible for the retrofit, performed above and beyond expectations and was a key component to the success of the project. Lessons learned along the way will help facilitate future retrofits by potentially shaving one full day off each shear wall constructed (six total in this house). Overall, the project was a resounding success, and the homeowners couldn’t be happier.

Follow our Yellow House Repair progress and watch our Hope Comes to Haiti video!

Completed retrofit including new slab and roof MI engineer Andy Wilson with the happy family

13 14ISTANBULThe first two quarters of 2011 have shown the symptoms of economical upheaval in Turkey. We have been busy with the new project of Phase-1 study for the earthquake performance assessment of ING Bank’s more than 160 branch buildings nationwide. So far, we have completed 75 percent and are progressing successively according to our schedule.

Participating in the Turkey GRI 2011 event in January was a good start for the new year. Global Real Estate Institute (GRI) events held in most countries provide good opportunities to meet with international investors and market leaders altogether in a single day. This year we participated jointly as a co-chair speaker with architect Allan Feltoon, Washington

D.C. principal of Leo A Daly, to lead the discussion of “sustainability”. Needless to say, my emphasis was more related to the impact of high-performance earthquake engineering on sustainability.

In March, we were busy with various business development activities. Visiting MIPIM 2011 event in Cannes, France, an international real estate exhibition organization visited by 20.000 people in 3 days, was a good opportunity to see the national and international market players altogether. I would recommend that MI take a booth at this event.

In March, we participated in a conference called ArkiPARC that is a series of meetings to bring property, architecture and construction industries together.

Fuji-Miyamoto at the ArchiPARC event in March, 2011

This event is a series of national and international conferences and panels designed to develop standards that will set up healthy communication platforms and to organize coordination between different actors involved in urbanization. People and foundations who contribute to achieving better built environments were honored with ArkiPARC awards. Creating new opportunities for more effective communication among participants is one of the main objectives. That is why we wanted to create a presence for ourselves as a private company, as shown in the picture to the left.

In May, we participated in the 7th National Earthquake Engineering Conference held biannually in Turkey. Our three papers related to the LAX Building, Haiti reconstruction and high-rise buildings

with viscous dampers had been accepted by the scientific committee before the conference. Because Kit could not join the event, the paper related to the viscous dampers (related to his PHD thesis) pushed me to read it three times so I would be able to answer any question raised as a result of the presentation. Finally, my three speeches were successful by attracting the attention of the audience. (By the way, I recommend every structural engineer in MI to read the doctoral thesis carefully as it is an efficient resource to understanding high-performance engineering well).

It was a very nice opportunity to see many of you at the Yosemite event and the following leadership meeting. Hope to see you again next time.

Students at one of the many schools assessed by FMI in Turkey

15 16MILANMiyamoto Italia started its activities in October 2010 with our first office in Milan. Our team is currently composed of three senior engineers: Pietro Boerio, Devis Sonda, Marco Cossu, and two junior engineers: Matteo Gemelli and Silvia. Additional collaborators are utilized part-time when necessary.

At present he Italian economy is not good. The engineering market decreased about 50 percent in the last year. Public projects are currently assigned with tenders based mainly on the maximum decrease from the starting price and not on qualification. Due to European regulations, Miyamoto Italia can’t use the expertise of Miyamoto International

as tender for public works Despite this hard time, Miyamoto Italia is working to consolidate relationships with previous clients of its Principals. Contracts were signed with Jacobs Italia, Conteco (the top firm in Italy for project reviewing), and the municipality of Carpi. We started to create a project team with TFO (architectural services) and STI Engineering (electrical/mechanical engineering); and a first offer in a tender was done.

New relationships have been established with SEA Aeroporti Milanesi, Techint, Capelli Architettura and others. We expect to sign contracts with these companies in the next months.

New Terminal Building in Bucarest International Airport

In the past months Miyamoto Italia has completed the following work:

• Structural design of the new Terminal Building at Bucharest International Airport. The project involved the structural design of the new Finger Building at Bucharest Otopeni International Airport. The steel structure for gravity loads was added to a shear wall structure for seismic action. The challenge of the project was the particular architecture of the roof, with long spanned curve steel beams and tree-style tubular columns. The structure is in a moderate-to-high seismic area and was developed according to capacity design criteria.

• Seismic retrofit project with isolation system of two six-story buildings

in L’Aquila. These buildings were damaged by the M6.3 earthquake that occurred on April 9, 2009. The solution involves the use of friction pendulum isolators with double curvature, which made it possible to achieve the complete retrofit of the buildings at the code level requirements. Advanced non-linear time history analyses were developed to assess the behavior of the isolated structure. This is one of the first buildings in Italy to be retrofitted with friction pendulum isolators.

• Seismic vulnerability assessment of the hangar at the Milan International Airport. Hangar “Breda” is a large steel structure built in 1936 and is considered one of the best steel buildings in Italy. The footage is approximately 120 x 60 meters and

Opening of “S.Pellico” primary school at Rosà –Italy

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the roof is supported by only two truss beams spanning 120 meters, which are supported by four RC columns. This building is sensitive to civil protection in case of an earthquake, and a seismic assessment was performed, after an extensive series of tests on materials. Preliminary indications on how to retrofit the structure were developed.

Ongoing work for Milan includes:

• Seismic vulnerability assessment of S. Nicolo Church in Carpi (Modena, Italy). This beautiful fourteenth-century church belongs to the historical and monumental heritage of Italy. In the first phase, an extensive series of tests on materials was performed and then a mathematical model of the structure was created. The collapsed mechanisms were individuated and indications about retrofit strategies were developed.

• Peer Review of the new metro line Cityringen in Copenhagen, Denmark. The work, which started in June 2011, consists of the validation of structural design for 21 new metro stations.

• Structural design of New Bacterial Facility and Utility Building for Novartis in Siena (Italy). This is a four-story steel structure, with a footage of approximately 3,000 square meters. A system of braces has been developed to improve seismic performance and reduce structural damage after an earthquake.

In the next months Miyamoto Italia will develop the preliminary structural project of five new residential buildings in Cecchignola (Roma) for the National

Army Corp. Furthermore, before the end of the year, we are waiting for results of a tender for the design of a new bridge in Florence.

In this first 10 months of activity, Miyamoto Italia started to promote the Miyamoto brand in the European contest by participating in several conferences in Italy and abroad, and working in the academic context (Padua and Trento Universities). The main presentations have been held in Milan and L’Aquila.

We wrote several papers:

• Seismic Retrofit of “S. Pellico” Primary school at Rosà - D. Sonda, M. Cossu, C.T.E. Conference, Brescia, November 2010

• Seismic Retrofit of Buildings with Isolators, M. Cossu, D. Sonda, XIV Italian Earthquake Engineering Conference (A.N.I.D.I.S.), Bari 2011

• Haiti 2010: Earthquake Damage Assessment, D. Sonda, M. Cossu, XIV Italian Earthquake Engineering Conference (A.N.I.D.I.S.), Bari 2011

We serve in Work Group 7, Earthquake Resistant Structures, of IABSE and we were invited to make a presentation on our rapid damage assessment of 400,000 Haitian structures, in Venice in 2010, and the following meeting in London, in September, on vulnerability and simple strengthening techniques for non-engineered buildings in development.

Due to the bad situation of the Italian engineering market, we are looking at a new opportunity in Algeria (North Africa), a fast-growing market, close to Italy. We met potential partners and we are working to develop this new market opportunity.

S.Nicolo Church in Carpi in Modena, Italy

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GLOBAL RISK MIYAMOTOGRM is having a great 2011 with many fantastic projects for major corporations. In addition U.S. projects, we did flood risk projects in Thailand and Spain for Kimberly Clark and UBE Chemical; earthquake risk projects in Italy, Mexico, Chile and Japan for Flowserve, Kraft, Anglo-American and Sanofi-Aventis; and a hurricane risk project in Puerto Rico for AES Power.

The facility types we worked on broadened from our typical industrial, manufacturing and retail base. This past year, we added wind farms, solar plants, wineries and a couple of steel mills. We are also starting to do more Phase II work and just completed a large Phase II project for half a dozen wineries in California.

We are about to begin another large Phase II project for a large pharmaceutical company.

To get all the work out, we needed the help of many MI engineers. Thanks to Marco, Pete and Allen in Orange County, and Amir, Mike and Dave in Sacramento, for all their help. Going forward, we will continue to look to MI to staff many of our projects.

We are excited to introduce a new GRM principal, Steve Shekelian, who joined us in September. After working with me and Rob at EQE for many years, Steve was at Exponent for the past 10 years. He brings a wealth of experience in structural and risk engineering and failure analysis. He is located in the OC office and will help grow GRM.

Tom and his family in Yosemite New GRM principal Steve Shekellan

Rob Philbrick in Kyoto, Japan for 3M Phase I

GRM project at the Beringer winery

21 22MIYAMOTO RELIEFSAVING LIVES AROUND THE WORLDWe are excited to announce that our non-profit, Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief (to be known as Miyamoto Relief), is up and running. We have received our tax-exempt status from both the State of California and the Internal Revenue Service and have begun receiving donations that will enable us to undertake our mission of saving lives.

WHAT IS MIYAMOTO RELIEF’S PURPOSE?

While responding to natural disasters throughout the world, Kit has witnessed the tragic loss of human life—including countless children—when structures failed needlessly due to a lack of engineering knowledge, improper

building practices and substandard materials. Miyamoto Relief is the realization of Kit’s dream of helping those affected by disasters and preventing the loss of additional lives.

More than one year after the earthquake in Haiti, there are still large numbers of families forced to live in temporary campsites because their homes were destroyed. Miyamoto Relief is initiating a program to relocate these families from the campsites where they are exposed to severe weather, diseases, and violent crime. Led by Miyamoto Relief, teams of international and recently-trained Haitian engineers will assess the earthquake damaged houses, evaluate repairs, and help with reconstruction efforts to

allow the families to safely return home. Miyamoto Relief will hire and train Haitian contractors to repair the damaged houses, bringing them up to international safety standards.

Given its ability to raise money from donations and grants, Miyamoto Relief also plans to help repair earthquake damaged schools in Haiti that have been neglected by international funding agencies and that do not have the funds needed to undertake necessary repairs. As its first project of this type, Miyamoto Relief has identified and plans to repair a dangerously constructed high school building in Port au Prince, Haiti. Although the school did not collapse in the 2010 earthquake given its location far from the epicenter, it is certain to fail in the event of a nearby earthquake. Miyamoto Relief will hire and train Haitian contractors to strengthen this school building, making it a safe place for children to learn.

Miyamoto Relief is also able to provide essential structural safety education lacking in many parts of the world. For example, we are currently teaching a college-level class on earthquake structural engineering to Haitian engineers at the Haitian Public Works Ministry. The class is the equivalent of an upper division undergraduate course, similar to those offered at universities throughout the United States. The inaugural class of 30 Haitian engineers is being taught how to engineer safe structures for earthquake loading and is being introduced to structural dynamics, concrete and masonry structure detaining, and the International Building Code. These Haitian engineers will undoubtedly improve future construction

techniques, the safety of buildings and other structures, and thus, the Haitian people. Miyamoto Relief hopes to expand this program to other earthquake-prone countries that lack qualified engineering programs and educators.

HOW IS MIYAMOTO RELIEF’S WORK IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES DIFFERENT THAN THE WORK MIYAMOTO INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKES?

The activities and purposes of Miyamoto Relief and Miyamoto International are drastically different. Miyamoto International is a privately-owned corporation that provides earthquake and structural engineering services, for a fee, to government agencies, private-sector organizations, building owners, developers, architects and general contractors. Miyamoto International also provides disaster response and mitigation services to its clients. As a for-profit corporation responsible to its shareholders and employees, Miyamoto International, Inc. is only able to work on projects for paying clients, and is therefore, unable to serve the poorest communities lacking financial resources. In contrast, Miyamoto Relief, as a non-profit corporation, will undertake critically important educational and charitable projects. It can immediately send qualified representatives to the site of a natural disaster to assess the safety of remaining structures, not just structures belonging to paying clients. It can focus on the hardest hit areas globally and the most vulnerable populations without the need to earn professional fees or a profit.

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Phyllis Newton Christine Herridge

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WHO MAKES DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF MIYAMOTO RELIEF?

Miyamoto Relief is governed by an independent Board of Directors composed primarily of community and business leaders. In addition to Kit, who serves as the President, the Board currently consists of the following individuals: Steve Ayers, CEO of Armour Steel Company, Inc.; Terry Risse, President of Iron Mechanical; Jeffrey Dorso, Managing Partner of the Pioneer Law Group, LLC; and Phyllis A. Newton, Principal, Law Offices of Phyllis A. Newton. Miyamoto Relief will be expanding the size of its Board in the coming months to obtain wider geographic representation.

WHO RUNS MIYAMOTO RELIEF DAY-TO-DAY?

MEET THE STAFF

Phyllis Newton, has joined Miyamoto Relief where she serves, on a volunteer basis, as its Executive Director. Phyllis has been an attorney for over 22 years specializing in the representation of design professionals and has many years experience running a non-profit. Phyllis previously served as the Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects Central Valley chapter, a professional association of architects in seventeen California counties. She serves on a number of boards and commissions for both the City of Sacramento and the State of California and, until her arrival at Miyamoto Relief, worked as an adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law where she taught legal writing and research to first year students. Phyllis received her degree in Political Science from Sonoma State University and her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Phyllis resides in Sacramento with her husband, their two daughters, and two four-legged friends.

Christine Herridge, in addition to her work for Miyamoto International, Christine has joined Miyamoto Relief part-time as its Disaster Risk Management Consultant. Christine has more than 15 years of experience serving in international disaster management roles, creating alliances for disaster preparedness, and risk mitigation, in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. From 2004–10, she worked with several international donors, including USAID and OFDA, to design and implement the Pan American Development Foundation’s Disaster Management Alliance—an initiative that helped 154 communities in nine countries develop emergency and risk reduction plans. She also served as a Founding Coordinator of the NGO, the Dominican Disaster Mitigation Association, to implement training programs in prevention and preparedness. Christine holds a BS in both Psychology and Spanish from Ohio State University. Christine speaks English and Spanish and currently studies French, Italian, Portuguese and Haitian Creole.

WHAT DO I SAY WHEN ASKED ABOUT MIYAMOTO RELIEF?

We know that all of you will all serve as enthusiastic ambassadors for Miyamoto Relief when speaking with clients and others. For more specific information or assistance, please contact Executive Director, Phyllis Newton at (916) 373-1995 x 824 or pnewton@miyamotorelief.org

Miyamoto Relief launch event in May, 2011

25 26FINANCE TEAM The recent global leadership forum in Sacramento focused on the global expansion of Miyamoto with an emphasis on marketing and leadership. It was a great opportunity to meet our partners from Italy and Turkey and to discuss how we can continue to expand the MI brand around the world to help with humanitarian challenges created by earthquakes and other acts of nature. For some, this was the first meeting with principals from Italy and Turkey, as well as new key leaders from MI U.S. who have joined the firm with the continued growth of our practice.

It was obvious that we share a common vision and core values. We talked a lot about how to build a ‘seamless’ practice, respecting cultures of various countries while pursuing a vision in which we

all believe strongly. This meeting was comprised of principals and leaders firmwide, including Finance, Marketing, Human Resources and Information Technology. The forum also reinforced the Finance Team priorities for the evolution of the global practice to include the following:

• Multi-company/currency Vision software so we are all speaking the same language financially. This will ensure that we work in a collaborative way on all projects, and provide the best people on the MI team regardless of where a project is located in the world.

• Standardized financial reporting and sharing of information.

The Miyamoto finance team

During this forum we had the opportunity to progress the formation of Miyamoto Algeria to help people in need in Algeria and other African countries. This should be completed in the next 30 days and is another indication of MI’s expanding global reach. We are implementing this with our new Algerian partners and Marco and Devis from MI Italia.

With the protracted recession in the US and our somewhat leaderless state government in California, it is even more obvious that Miyamoto is becoming a global leader. Mike King’s work in New Zealand is a great example of how we can help people in other countries while creating more opportunities for MI in the U.S.

It is critical that MI continues its progress with the global practice and our nonprofit (Miyamoto Relief) plays an important role in this endeavor to provide humanitarian assistance while providing career opportunities for MI staff worldwide.

To support the evolution of the global practice, our Finance Team members have to be keeping up to speed on

everything. Our current Finance Team members are well positioned in the different areas within Finance/Accounting. We have Sandy Ung taking charge of accounts payable, vendors and company credit card management. Rachael Paulson overseeing payroll, billings and projects setup in Vision. Rachael will also be taking on cash management tasks and all matters related to Global Risk Miyamoto (GRM). Ramona Bryant, our newest team member, is working closely with our principals, project managers and clients to increase timely A/R collections. Ramona is also learning billings and project setup in Vision. Shauna Picasso, our Deltek guru, handles all Deltek application issues. Shauna also handles insurance-related matters and new office setup administration matters. Shauna will be taking some of my responsibilities with the firm financials. As the Finance Team leader, I oversee the team members to ensure efficiency, accuracy and quality. On the finance side, I continue to keep a close eye on the firm’s financials to ensure that all MI offices are continuously improving and maintaining a growing profit throughout the firm.

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LETTER FROM EDI really enjoyed my time with those of you that I met in Yosemite. It was great to get to

know one another in a “different” way. I never stayed at Camp Curry before and really enjoyed the experience.

Following the Retreat and subsequent Board Meeting in Sacramento, I’ve sat in on a couple of your leadership calls to help facilitate the sharing of information about the firm and its clients. After all, Miyamoto is not a “franchise;” it’s a single enterprise in multiple geographic locations around the world, structured to use the best of its resources, wherever they are, to serve its clients at an extremely high level. The dominant purpose is to figure out how to use the talent in the firm by encouraging collaboration and support from all offices. I’ve applied some of the thoughts we shared in our discussion to the way in which each of you participates in a meeting.

The first rule of any meeting is to be punctual: start on time! How often have you wandered into a meeting at 8:15 that was scheduled to start at 8 AM. Oh well, what’s the big deal; everyone else is just fooling around, getting coffee, chatting. This is all about respect for each other’s time. If a meeting is scheduled to start at 8, that means being in your seat, coffee poured, and ready to go to work. Our call starts at 8 AM, everyone is expected to have dialed in a few minutes before that, ready to begin at precisely 8 AM. After all, we have Miyamoto folks on the line from

Haiti, New Zealand, Milan and Istanbul, not to mention LA, Orange County, Orinda, Portland and Sacramento. Imagine the wasted time (and damage to morale) if we were still waiting for people to join the call at 8:10.

1. Have an agenda and stick to it. Relate every item to the project at hand, making it relevant to:

• Moving the project ahead expeditiously

• Understanding and working to the client’s value proposition; in other words, what’s valuable to them

• Innovating for the client

• Sharing learning from previous projects

• Helping the team to be more effective

• Reaching out for help from others in the firm in order to deliver the very best solutions to your clients

2. Give each item discussed an action orientation:

• Name names—who, specifically (not a company name or “the team”), is responsible to move the item forward?

• What, specifically, is to be done—describe the work effort and the expected result?

• By when, a specific date and time, is the work to be accomplished?

• What are the consequences if the work is not accomplished as described?

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3. Follow up immediately on each commitment made in the meeting, particularly items that involve people from other offices or project teams.

4. Increase your energy level! This helps meetings seem like they go faster and that the subjects you’re talking about have greater importance. Frankly, if you can’t be enthusiastic or energetically curious about the subject you’re discussing or asking about, it probably doesn’t belong in this meeting anyway.

This is also great practice for how you want to sound to your clients—turned on, passionate, excited, knowledgeable, and well prepared.

Attitude is one of the great client relationship differentiators.

Ed Friedrichs

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Jessica Stanton networking with Councilmember Darrell Fong at the Miyamoto Relief launch

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Heather and Lana

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT (H.R.)TEAMWORKWhen working as a team, remember that you are dealing with different individuals with different styles of working and understanding. What may seem right to one team member may seem to be inappropriate to another team member. Focus on the positives in your teammates and their negatives will begin to fade.

In order to alleviate any misconceptions that may arise while being part of a team, implementing some team communication strategies is a must. Below are a few to help get you started:

KEEP COMMUNICATION CLEAR

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

~ George Bernard Shaw

Communication is a two way street. Only giving the information is not enough, you need to make sure that the information you have given is also understood in the same way as you intended. The human mind can perceive the same thing in different ways. So keep the communication simple leaving no room for misinterpretations.

A TEAM HAS NO “I”, IT HAS ONLY “WE”

“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”

~ Vincent Lombardi

Remember, it is the combination of individuals efforts that contributes to the overall success of the team. Therefore, it is always important to communicate in terms of we and not I. This is because the way you communicate also influences the minds of the team members.

APPRECIATE OPENLY BUT CRITICIZE ALONE

Communicating with the team members in terms of appreciation or criticism should also be done in the right manner. Always remember the key rule, “appreciate openly, but criticize when alone.”

By setting in motion some of the above communication strategies, your team will begin to communicate and become a more cohesive team. Team activities are another good way to help develop your team and build community among the team as well as develop strong relationships so we can challenge one another and keep one another accountable for achieving goals. These are a few of the reasons why Miyamoto strives to get high participation at all company functions like Yosemite. We believe this trip is just one example of our efforts in building company and team culture.

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“We make it or break it, for society!”– H. Kit Miyamoto

As “brand ambassadors” for Miyamoto, your marketing team serves you in the market place by supporting business development efforts and promoting, shepherding, distinguishing, celebrating, and sustaining the Miyamoto brand. The marketing team plays a vital role in promoting the business and mission of Miyamoto while building relationships with other departments and maintaining operational alignment. We’ve added team members to help define how we’re different from other engineering firms by being passionate about and the best at what we do. It is our charge to evolve and grow as Miyamoto continues to evolve and grow.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BRAND

Our brand is about leading by providing critical value beyond traditional expectations. Through technical excellence, imagination, design innovation and passionate vision, we express our brand in the world. What makes the Miyamoto brand successful is the emotional connection—the overwhelming presence of Miyamoto comes through in everything we do. We create relationships built on trust. We believe, and we make others believe, that we really can and do make the world a better place.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND PR

According to Wiki, the term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. As proven by the hordes of baby-boomers who learned the value of texting from a younger generation, social media is here to stay and plays a big role in how we communicate. You can easily follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and keep up with news of Miyamoto in New Zealand, Haiti, Bangkok, Istanbul, Milan and here in the U.S.--and other relevant industry topics. As you retweet our tweets consider yourselves Miyamoto correspondents broadcasting our mission, vision and value to the world.

On the PR front, our job is to bring media attention to newsworthy activities, such as: earthquake symposiums, rebuilding the Central Business District of New Zealand instead of replacing it; three newly constructed high performance earthquake engineered buildings in Haiti, etc. that let’s you follow Miyamoto around the world.

MULTIMEDIA

Make it engaging! Create a compelling experience out of relaying our message. Effective imagery in print and on the web goes a long way in communicating the essence of a company. Visual communication is key in helping the world understand who we are and what

MARKETINGBUILDING A DyNAMIc MARKETING AND cOMMUNIcATIONS TEAM

we are doing. Through multimedia, we find creative ways to promote our brand and present our benefits. What’s in it for our clients?—that’s the bottom line, what everyone is looking for, and what will come through loud and clear in our videos, website, marketing collateral and email announcements.

RESPONDING TO RFQs AND RFPs

With an understanding of our projects and markets, we respond to RFQs, assemble quals packets, and assist in every communication with our clients and prospective clients. We craft and fine tune the tools we use to deliver our brand messaging. The marketing department is really command central for Miyamoto branded materials and we’re always happy to help with presentations, project

information, brochures, cover letters and more. We strive to be sensitive to your needs and welcome the opportunity to assist in your marketing efforts. Check out our website, follow our tweets,like us on Facebook and watch our progress as we grow with Miyamoto!

Check out our website, follow our tweets, like us on Facebook and watch our progress as we grow with Miyamoto!

Sarah McCarthy Laura KoivunenHeidi Van Allen

Chris Sparks Jessica Stanton

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MEDIACheck out our social media and new news features below!

New Zealand Channel 3 News Feature Guest lecture by Kit at New Zealand International Speaker Series 2011

2010 Earthquake Symposium feature LAX Theme Building feature

• Demolishing Half of CBD Unbelievable

• The Star (New Zealand): Too many quake builings demolished – expert

• The Press (New Zealand): ‘Too many’ demolitions

• Structural Engineer: Kit Miyamoto, one of a kind

• Kit Miyamoto appointed to the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission

• ZweigWhite: Purpose leads global expansion

Miyamoto has lately been featured in New Zealand

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