National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Construction Safety Team
Advisory Committee Meeting
Employee Lounge, Administration Building

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June 22, 2004
Agenda

8:00 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks Paul Fitzgerald NIST Acting Director’s Opening Remarks Hratch Semerjian
8:30 a.m.	Shyam Sunder Status of World Trade Center Investigation and Discussion Richard Fields Project 3 – Analysis of Structural Steel Fahim Sadek Project 2 – Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Richard Gann Project 5 – Reconstruction of Thermal and Tenability Environment Kevin McGrattan Simulation of the Fires in WTC 1, 2, and 7 Kuldeep Prasad Coupled Fire Dynamics and Thermal Response Analysis of WTC Towers and Bldg. 7 William Pitts Visual Data Collection & Analysis John Gross Project 6 – Structural Fire Response and Collapse Analysis John Gross Standard Fire Tests of WTC Tower Typical Floor Construction Bill Grosshandler Rhode Island Investigation Overview
4:00 p.m.	Public Comment Period
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
	June 23, 2004 Agenda
8:00 a.m.	World Trade Center Investigation (continued) Therese McAllister Project 6 – WTC 7 Structural Fire Response and Collapse Analysis Nick Carino Condition of Thermal Insulation: Methodology Jason Averill Project 7 – Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications J. Randall Lawson Project 8 – Fire Service Technologies and Guidelines David Evans Project 4 – Investigation of Active Fire Protection Systems H.S. Lew, Richard Bukowski, Nick Carino Project 1 – Analysis of Building and Fire Codes and Practices
11:30 a.m.	Lunch
12:30 p.m.	Rhode Island Nightclub Investigation Nelson Bryner The Station Nightclub Fire: Materials Testing Dan Madrzykowski The Station Nightclub Fire: Simulation of Fire and Smoke Movement in Laboratory Reconstruction Ken Kuntz The Station Nightclub Fire: Emergency Response Bill Grosshandler The Station Nightclub Fire: Egress Study
1:15 p.m.	Paul Fitzgerald NCST Advisory Committee Discussion
2:15 p.m.	Adjourn

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June 22, 2004
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June 23, 2004
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