Consideration to the positioning and the role of building in business continuity plan

Abstract

In Japan, interest in BCP (Business Continuity Plan) rises after the East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster. This shows a new viewpoint for the way of the building. This study considered the relation between the building and BCP and understood the next matters. At first, as for the disaster prevention and the security of the building, there is the problem which should supplement the disaster prevention and the security of the building from the viewpoint of business continuity even if it is at the important position in BCP. In addition, the building supports business continuation but it is targeted for restoration if it gets damage. Furthermore, seeing from BCP, there is room that a new element is introduced for the today's method of the building planning. These matters remain in the level of the hypothesis at present. However, based on recent suffering experience, there is such significance that is able to capture the orientation of the problem that the building field should work on. In addition, it raises recognition for the importance of disaster prevention and the security still more. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.