ASTM E3130-21

Standard Guide for Developing Cost-Effective Community Resilience Strategies

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 Investments in projects supporting community resilience are characterized by uncertainties regarding the frequency and magnitude of natural, technological, and human-caused disruptions. Accounting for these low-probability, high-consequence events challenge traditional economic evaluation methods.  
5.2 The traditional approach to evaluating the benefit-cost of investment decisions routinely focus on measures directly tied to loss avoidance.  
5.3 Following this guide when performing an economic evaluation assures the user that relevant economic information, including information regarding uncertainties and indirect inputs, is considered for capital project facing possible disruptions from natural, technological, and human-caused hazards.  
5.4 Use this guide in the planning phases of community resilience plan development process. Consideration of risk mitigation choices early in the planning process allows both greater flexibility in addressing specific hazards and lower costs associated with their implementation.  
5.5 Use this guide to integrate community resilience plans with economic development, zoning, hazard mitigation, and other community planning activities that affect buildings, public works, and infrastructure systems.  
5.6 Use this guide to identify all relevant inputs—that is, costs and benefits (savings)—associated with construction, implementation, and use of the capital asset, over the lifetime of the asset. Relevant inputs include direct, indirect and externalities, and non-market values.  
5.7 Use this guide for economic evaluations based on Practices E917 (life-cycle costs), E964 (benefit-to-cost and savings-to-investment ratios), E1057 (internal rate of return and adjusted internal rate of return), E1074 (net benefits and net savings), E1121 (payback), E1699 (value engineering), and E1765 (analytical hierarchy process for multi-attribute decision analysis), and Guide E1369 (treatment of uncertainty).  
5.8 Use this guide in conjuncti...
SCOPE
1.1 This guide describes a generic economic methodology for evaluating investment decisions aimed to improve the ability of communities to adapt to, withstand, and quickly recover from, disruptive events. The methodology describes a framework for developing cost-effective community resilience strategies for new and existing constructed facilities—buildings, industrial facilities, and other critical infrastructure. This guide provides owners and managers of constructed facilities, architects, engineers, constructors, other providers of professional services for constructed facilities, and researchers and analysts with an approach for planning and comparing resilience strategies.  
1.2 This guide frames the economic decision process by identifying and comparing the relevant present and future streams of costs and benefits to a community—the latter realized through cost savings and damage loss avoidance—associated with new capital investment into resilience to those generated by the status-quo.  
1.3 This guide provides a means to increase the capacity of communities to objectively and effectively compare and contrast capital investment projects through consideration of benefits and costs while maintaining an awareness of system resilience. Topics related to non-market values and uncertainty are also explored.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Com...

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Jul-2021
• ICS: 03.100.01 - Company organization and management in general
• Technical Committee: E06 - Performance of Buildings
• Drafting Committee: E06.81 - Building Economics

Relations

• Refers: ASTM E964-15(2020)e1 - Standard Practice for Measuring Benefit-to-Cost and Savings-to-Investment Ratios for Buildings and Building Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2020
• Refers: ASTM E1057-15(2020)e1 - Standard Practice for Measuring Internal Rate of Return and Adjusted Internal Rate of Return for Investments in Buildings and Building Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2020
• Refers: ASTM E1074-15(2020)e1 - Standard Practice for Measuring Net Benefits and Net Savings for Investments in Buildings and Building Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2020
• Refers: ASTM E1121-15(2020)e1 - Standard Practice for Measuring Payback for Investments in Buildings and Building Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2020
• Refers: ASTM E1185-15(2020)e1 - Standard Guide for Selecting Economic Methods for Evaluating Investments in Buildings and Building Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2020
• Refers: ASTM E1369-15(2020)e1 - Standard Guide for Selecting Techniques for Treating Uncertainty and Risk in the Economic Evaluation of Buildings and Building Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2020

Standards Content (Sample)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: E3130 − 21
Standard Guide for
1
Developing Cost-Effective Community Resilience Strategies
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E3130; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
There is a need for best practices for resilience planning that address the increasing value-at-risk of
U.S. infrastructure and communities. Communities, as a system, are particularly vulnerable to the
effects of natural, technological, and human-caused disruptive events. There are best practices for
community resilience assessment methodologies; however, there are gaps that remain in the
characterization of robust, benefit-cost measures of community resilience, especially in the planning
process. In many cases, resilience remains in a planning silo and is considered separately by
communities from economic growth or disaster risk planning. Efforts to increase resilience capacities
are best realized when resilience is considered as an attribute in general community planning efforts,
especially in planning and implementing building and infrastructure projects. This guide develops
economic decision guidance for evaluation of investment strategies designed to improve community
resilience through strengthening the ability to respond, withstand, and recover from disruptive events.
It is designed to support the principles and attributes of resilient communities upon which enhanced
resilience may be developed, evaluated, and implemented.
1. Scope trast capital investment projects through consideration of
benefits and costs while maintaining an awareness of system
1.1 This guide describes a generic economic methodology
resilience. Topics related to non-market values and uncertainty
for evaluating investment decisions aimed to improve the
are also explored.
ability of communities to adapt to, withstand, and quickly
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
recover from, disruptive events. The methodology describes a
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
framework for developing cost-effective community resilience
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
strategies for new and existing constructed facilities—
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
buildings, industrial facilities, and other critical infrastructure.
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
This guide provides owners and managers of constructed
1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-
facilities, architects, engineers, constructors, other providers of
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
professional services for constructed facilities, and researchers
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
and analysts with an approach for planning and comparing
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
resilience strategies.
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
1.2 This guide frames the economic decision process by
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
identifying and comparing the relevant present and future
streams of costs and benefits to a community—the latter
2. Referenced Documents
realized through cost savings and damage loss avoidance—
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
associated with new capital investment into resilience to those
generated by the status-quo. E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
E833 Terminology of Building Economics
1.3 This guide provides a means to increase the capacity of
E917 Practice for Measuring Life-Cycle Costs of Buildings
communities to objectively and effectively compare and con-
and Building Systems
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance
of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.81 on Building
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Economics. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2021. Published August 2021. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 2018. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as E3130–18. DOI: Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/E3130-21. the ASTM website.
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Designation: E3130 − 18 E3130 − 21
Standard Guide for
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Developing Cost-Effective Community Resilience Strategies
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E3130; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
There is a need for best practices for resilience planning that address the increasing value-at-risk of
U.S. infrastructure and communities. Communities, as a system, are particularly vulnerable to the
effects of natural, technological, and human-caused disruptive events. There are best practices for
community resilience assessment methodologies; however, there are gaps that remain in the
characterization of robust, benefit-cost measures of community resilience, especially in the planning
process. In many cases, resilience remains in a planning silo and is considered separately by
communities from economic growth or disaster risk planning. Efforts to increase resilience capacities
are best realized when resilience is considered as an attribute in general community planning efforts,
especially in planning and implementing building and infrastructure projects. This guide develops
economic decision guidance for evaluation of investment strategies designed to improve community
resilience through strengthening the ability to respond, withstand, and recover from disruptive events.
It is designed to support the principles and attributes of resilient communities upon which enhanced
resilience may be developed, evaluated, and implemented.
1. Scope
1.1 This guide describes a generic economic methodology for evaluating investment decisions aimed to improve the ability of
communities to adapt to, withstand, and quickly recover from, disruptive events. The methodology describes a framework for
developing cost-effective community resilience strategies for new and existing constructed facilities—buildings, industrial
facilities, and other critical infrastructure. This guide provides owners and managers of constructed facilities, architects, engineers,
constructors, other providers of professional services for constructed facilities, and researchers and analysts with an approach for
planning and comparing resilience strategies.
1.2 This guide frames the economic decision process by identifying and comparing the relevant present and future streams of costs
and benefits to a community—the latter realized through cost savings and damage loss avoidance—associated with new capital
investment into resilience to those generated by the status-quo.
1.3 This guide provides a means to increase the capacity of communities to objectively and effectively compare and contrast
capital investment projects through consideration of benefits and costs while maintaining an awareness of system resilience. Topics
related to non-market values and uncertainty are also explored.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of
regulatory limitations prior to use.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.81 on Building
Economics.
Current edition approved April 1, 2018Aug. 1, 2021. Published May 2018August 2021. Originally approved in 2018. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as E3130–18.
DOI: 10.1520/E3130-18.10.1520/E3130-21.
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1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization
established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued
by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
E833 Terminology of Building Economics
E917 Practice for Measuring Life-Cycle Costs of Buildings and Building Systems
E964 Practice for Measuring Benefit-to-Cost and Savings-to-Investment Ratios for Buildings and Buil
...