American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE), 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191

B -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INNOVATIVE IDEAS ON PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPING LIFELINES GUIDELINES SOL SOL ALA-0003 DUE 090799 POC Thomas R. McLane, 703-295-6151 WEB: An overview of ALA can be found on the following web, http://www.asce.org/aboutasce/alaoverv.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact the point of contact, tmclane@asce.org. The American Lifelines Alliance (ALA) is seeking innovative ideas for projects that will lead to national guidelines and prestandards for improving the ability of lifelines to resist natural hazards. Lifelines include utility systems (electric power, gas and liquid fuels, telecommunication, water and wastewater) and transportation systems (highways, air, rail, waterways, ports and harbors). Natural hazards to be considered include earthquake, wind, flood, tornado, hurricane, snow and extreme temperature. ALA was formed under a cooperative agreement between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). ALA's objective is to facilitate the creation, adoption, implementation, and dissemination of national consensus design and upgrade guidelines that will systematically improve the performance of lifeline systems during natural hazard events. Project ideas submitted in response to this announcement may address: 1) the transformation of well-established industry practices into national consensus guidelines, and 2) outreach programs to encourage the implementation of natural hazards risk reduction measures. ALA is particularly interested in project ideas that 1) improve the current state-of-practice within various lifeline industries; 2) apply to both new and existing lifeline systems; 3) have the potential to generate monetary and in-kind support from industry; 4) develop procedures and results that can be readily transformed into national consensus standards by a standards developing organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute, and; 5) are currently under development and can be expedited by ALA support. Project descriptions that involve basic or applied research will not be considered. Innovative ideas that receive a favorable review may result in a competitive Request for Proposal. Responses should be limited to three pages or less in length and should include an estimated budget and schedule. As a guide, the estimated budget for any given project should be less than a total of $100,000.00. Responders should be aware that their responses will become public record. Responding to this announcement will not necessarily result in a Request for Proposals. The closing date for receipt of project descriptions is thirty days after posting of this notice. Email responses to tmclane@asce.org. An overview of ALA can be found on the ALA web page at http://www.asce.org/aboutasce/alaoverv.html. Posted 08/06/99 (W-SN364326). (0218)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0013 19990810\B-0003.SOL)