WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:11.109 --> 00:00:18.042 We try and help our clients avoid disasters and try and get ahead of things and alert them of 00:00:18.042 --> 00:00:21.463 "Hey, let's think about this, or let's review this." 00:00:21.463 --> 00:00:27.751 Marx Okubo is a leading, full-service, architectural, engineering, construction consulting firm. 00:00:27.751 --> 00:00:33.376 We look at the, the fabric of buildings to determine the structural integrity of them. 00:00:38.295 --> 00:00:45.055 Claris FileMaker is, is the best platform to be able to explore these solutions, because, in terms of 00:00:45.055 --> 00:00:49.404 research and development, it can, it can happen really rapidly and you can test out 00:00:49.404 --> 00:00:53.646 whether something's going to work or not. I had built things in other platforms, with, um 00:00:53.646 --> 00:01:00.501 other consultants, and there can be considerable cost implications in doing that. 00:01:00.501 --> 00:01:05.478 ASAP is an acronym for "automated structure alert program." 00:01:05.478 --> 00:01:10.000 It's something we developed in-house, with some outside consultants. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:18.987 It really started with a client asking us a question: "Hey, with all these earthquakes...is there something, ah 00:01:18.987 --> 00:01:24.878 ...we could do to help them understand their risks when an event happens?" 00:01:24.878 --> 00:01:34.646 What the ASAP application does is really provide near-immediate information to the, to the customer 00:01:34.646 --> 00:01:37.789 regarding their properties during a seismic event. 00:01:37.789 --> 00:01:46.461 When that information is available from the U.S.G.S, the customer can have the--uh, a report regarding their 00:01:46.461 --> 00:01:50.960 properties within five or ten minutes of that event occurring. 00:01:56.112 --> 00:02:03.959 As a structural engineer, I'm typically involved with looking at the condition of the structure itself, coming up with costs 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:15.461 related for repair, or seismic retrofit if it's a risky property. I also specialize in looking at structures to gauge the 00:02:15.461 --> 00:02:22.876 risk of potential damage during an earthquake. What differentiates our system from others 00:02:22.876 --> 00:02:29.336 that are emerging in the marketplace is really that hands-on approach of doing the, the de facto 00:02:29.336 --> 00:02:36.042 structural engineering assessment and getting it into the system, whereas other providers are only 00:02:36.042 --> 00:02:43.856 putting local sensors, or using algorithms to develop the predicted amount of damage. 00:02:44.876 --> 00:02:50.604 I love that Claris FileMaker has actually given me the ability to be able to integrate with cloud platforms 00:02:50.604 --> 00:03:00.488 via APIs. APIs are like, my, my love and it allows me to extend the platform out by, by using other cloud services. 00:03:00.488 --> 00:03:10.459 It became very clear that FileMaker--and Alan's knowledge of it--was going to be a better use of our resources.