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The Case for Resilience: Defined Pathways for Achievement Over the past several decades, there has been a continuous increase in human and economic loss from disaster events. This panel will review the imperative for building resilience and discuss initiatives and frameworks to support resilient construction. The adoption of updated codes and standards are a first step to approach resilient design objectives, particularly resilience to fire disaster events. The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub studies how cities can be made more resilient to hazards through investment in stronger and cooler construction. The US Resiliency Council’s Building Performance Ratings identify resilient design strategies for architects and designers. FORTIFIED is a voluntary construction incentive program designed to strengthen homes and commercial buildings against specific types of severe weather such as high winds, hail, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Panelists include: Shamim Rashid-Sumar, P.E., FSFPE, Senior Vice President, Codes and Standards, NRMCA (moderator) Evan Reis, S.E., Executive Director of the US Resiliency Council Hessam AzariJafari, Ph.D., Deputy Director, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Brian Meacham, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Risk and Regulatory Consulting, Crux Consulting Mary Uher, FORTIFIED Director of Field Services New LEED v5 Resilience Requirements ​Julian Mills-Beale, Ph.D., Director, Codes and Standards, NRMCA LEED v5 includes significant updates to transportation, site, energy, materials, and indoor environmental quality credits, and also includes a new resilience assessment prerequisite and credits rewarding resilience design features. This presentation will provide definitions for key resilience concepts, outline the new resilience prerequisites and credits in LEED, and discuss how concrete can play a role in meeting the new requirements.