Building Resilience Index is a web-based hazard mapping and resilience assessment framework for the building sector. It is designed to facilitate access to location-specific hazard information, provide resilience measures to mitigate applicable risks, and improve transparency for disclosing a building’s resilience information between sector stakeholders.

Building Resilience Index has two processes:

• 1. Self-Assessment: The user creates a project in the App by entering project information and its location. The App presents all applicable hazards specific to that location along with a list of mitigation measures for each hazard category (wind, water, fire, and geoseismic). The user responds to the mitigation measures based on whether that measure is implemented in the building or not, which results in a letter grade system. The lowest grade of the four hazard categories is taken as the project rating, based on the weakest link principle. Achieving the highest rating level "A+" requires an A-rated building also to incorporate at least 3 operational continuity measures, which include having power, water, and telecom backups, and additional access routes to the site, as well as having green building certifications.
• 2. Verification: Each mitigation measure response from Self-Assessment is reviewed and approved by two licensed code-responsible engineers or parties.