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Shake, Rattle, No Roll: Construction Guide for Earthquake-Resistant Buildings
Release Date: 07/28/2009 A guide* for designing buildings using steel moment frames to resist earthquakes has been published by the National Institute of Standards and … more
Final Strategic Plan for Earthquake Hazard Studies Published
Release Date: 11/25/2008 The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) has just published a new strategic plan to guide the activities of the four federal … more
New NIST Publication Series Addresses Design of Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Release Date: 09/03/2008 Where can you find some of the latest insights in designing earthquake-resistant buildings joined together with current information on building … more
Three Experts Named to Earthquake Advisory Board
Release Date: 08/06/2008 Three new experts have been tapped to serve on the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) of the National Earthquake Hazards … more
Comments Requested on Draft Earthquake Hazards Plan
Release Date: 04/15/2008 Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but their impacts on life, property and the economy can and should be managed. That’s the challenge … more
Fifteen Named to Earthquake Hazards Reduction Advisory Committee
Release Date: 02/28/2007 William Jeffrey, director of the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has named 15 … more
Progressive-Disportionate Collapse Provisions
Release Date: 04/14/2006 The United Kingdom has a progressive collapse standard Standards to avoid progressive collapse Large panel Construction since 1968. The standard … more
Draft SOW for Structural Analysis of WTC 7
Release Date: 01/04/2006 NIST is interested in receiving technical comments about the scope of work and technical approach for The draft statement of work for structural … more
NIST Urges Implementation of Recommendations from World Trade Center Investigation Final Towers Report Released Today at Congressional Hearing
Release Date: 10/26/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C.— William Jeffrey, director of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
April 2005 Public Briefing on NIST's World Trade Center Investigation
Release Date: 09/27/2004 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a public meeting starting at 1 p.m. (EST) on April 5, 2005 , at the Crowne … more
UL Fire Tests
Release Date: 07/26/2004 The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to sponsor a fire test of a World Trade Center (WTC) … more
Status of Data Collection Efforts
Release Date: 07/21/2004 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is basing its review, analysis, modeling, and testing work for the World Trade Center … more
Arden Bement Statement on WTC Investigation
Release Date: 04/09/2003 The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today outlined its plans to conduct a series of … more
Public Safety Studies on Evacuation of World Trade Center to be Announced at April 8 Community Forum
Release Date: 03/24/2003 Forum Sponsored by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The New York Academy of Medicine Scientific investigators from … more
Access to Information from Silverstein Properties
Release Date: 10/01/2002 The information collected and documented by World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties on the events at the World Trade Center complex … more |
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