Weather Ready Research Award program supported by the NSF | 1635593
Keywords
Contractors, Tornado, Risk Perception, KU Community
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Description:
Kansas has the second-highest frequency of reported tornadoes in the U.S., yet, most counties and many local jurisdictions lack modern building codes with basic lateral force system requirements, thereby minimum levels of protection against tornadic winds. On May 28, 2019, an EF4 tornado struck north-eastern Kansas; the 32-mile long path destroyed approximately 40 building structures and damaged nearly 200 building structures. A post-tornado investigation by the researchers revealed a lack of continuous load path, and in some cases, lacking even basic structural elements, such as anchor bolts or mechanically fastened walls to foundations. These statistics and observations led the research team to question what were local perceptions on building safety and expectations of building performance during tornadoes, what would happen if a tornado were to hit closer to the University of Kansas (KU) campus, and what types of better designs are known of or offered by local contractors. This research project includes two survey efforts addressing research questions on local perceptions on building safety and expectations of building performance during tornadoes. The first survey effort documented local contractors’ perceptions of tornado-resistant residential building design. The first survey effort utilized a convenience sample of local contractors attending a continuing education course on how to provide a continuous load path. The survey was administered in person; no personally identified information was collected. The convenience sample size was 45 and resulted in a response rate of approximately 60%. The second survey effort was initiated as part of a senior capstone project. The capstone project assessed the risk perception and sheltering decision of the KU campus community after the EF4 Linwood tornado. It was administered online using email listservs for KU’s Schools and Colleges for recruitment, inviting participants to complete a short Qualtrics survey. The response rate was low, with only 228 responses. This publication contains the Institutional Review Board Protocols, two Survey Instruments, which included in-person, and virtual surveying modes and questions on tornado risk perception, and, as well as the data for the contractor survey and the capstone project.
Document Collection | Data Report on Local Perceptions on Building Safety and Building Performance after the 2019 EF4 Linwood Tornado
Cite This Data:
Mazumder, R., E. Sutley, M. Dumler (2021). "Data Report on Local Perceptions on Building Safety and Building Performance after the 2019 EF4 Linwood Tornado", in Local Perceptions on Building Safety and Building Performance after the 2019 EF4 Linwood, Kansas Tornado. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-hkcv-xp72
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Date Published
2021-11-02
DOI
10.17603/ds2-hkcv-xp72
License
Open Data Commons Attribution
Description:
This report describes the data collection process, data cleaning process, and summary statistics for two survey efforts addressing local perceptions on building safety and expectations of building performance during tornadoes.
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Data Report
Mission | Tornado Risk Perception of University of Kansas Campus Community
Cite This Data:
Wang, T., M. Dumler, R. Mazumder, E. Sutley (2021). "Tornado Risk Perception of University of Kansas Campus Community", in Local Perceptions on Building Safety and Building Performance after the 2019 EF4 Linwood, Kansas Tornado. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-dw38-z509
This mission was initiated as part of a senior capstone project. The purpose of this project was to assess the risk perception and sheltering decision of the University of Kansas (KU) campus community after the Linwood tornado on May 28, 2019. It was administered online using email listservs for KU’s Schools and Colleges for recruitment, inviting participants to complete a short Qualtrics survey. No Personal Identifiable Information was collected. The response rate was extremely low, with only 228 responses. Respondents were diverse in terms of identifying as either a student, faculty, and staff.
Research Planning Collection | IRB Protocol: Tornado Risk Perception Survey
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Description:
This collection contains the Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol approved by the University of Kansas IRB office for a capstone project. The protocol was used to conduct an online survey to assess the risk perception and sheltering decision of the KU campus community after the 2019 EF4 Linwood tornado.
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IRB Application
Research Planning Collection | Survey Instrument: Tornado Risk Perception
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Description:
This collection contains the survey instrument that was used to assess the risk perception and sheltering decision of the KU campus community after the 2019 EF4 Linwood, Kansas tornado. An online survey was designed to: (1) document KU campus community perceptions on building safety during tornadoes in Lawrence; (2) learn about KU campus community sheltering decisions during the May 28th tornado; (3) learn whether the KU campus community believes it is important to have designated tornado shelters on campus and in the City of Lawrence; and (4) document if and how perspectives about going to a public shelter have been altered due to the spread of COVID19.
This survey contains data on the KU community’s perceptions on building safety, sheltering decisions, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sheltering decisions during future tornadoes in Lawrence, Kansas. 228 responses (data) were received during the capstone survey.
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Survey Observation
Mission | Contractor’s Perceptions of Tornado-Resistant Building Design
Cite This Data:
Dumler, M., E. Sutley, R. Lequesne (2021). "Contractor’s Perceptions of Tornado-Resistant Building Design", in Local Perceptions on Building Safety and Building Performance after the 2019 EF4 Linwood, Kansas Tornado. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-f9db-p423
This mission was initiated to document local contractors' perceptions of tornado-resistant building design. The survey was administered in person; no personally identified information was collected. The convenience sample size was 45 and resulted in a response rate of approximately 60%.
Research Planning Collection | IRB Protocol: Tornado-Resistant Design Contractors Survey
Data Collectors
Description:
This collection contains the Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol approved by the University of Kansas IRB office for the contractor survey project. The protocol was used to conduct a paper-based survey on contractor’s perceptions of tornado-resistant residential building design.
File Name
IRB Application
Research Planning Collection | Survey Instrument: Tornado-Resistant Building Design
Data Collectors
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Description:
This collection contains the survey instrument that was designed to assess contractors’ perceptions of tornado-resistant residential building design. A paper survey was used. It included closed-ended questions on building codes, corresponding tornado performance of code-based building designs, building construction, safe room design, building code expectations, general knowledge, services offered and experience levels, and socio-demographic information.
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Survey Instrument
Engineering/Geosciences Collection | Data: Contractor’s Perceptions of Tornado-Resistant Building Design
This project documented local contractor’s perceptions of tornado-resistant residential building design.The survey included closed-ended questions on building codes, corresponding tornado-performance of code-based building designs, building construction, safe room design, building code expectations, general knowledge, services offered and experience levels information. The survey contained 14 questions. There were 27 responses to the contractor survey.
