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NCST Advisory Committee Archive
- Agenda and Presentations for Sept. 12 and Sept. 13, 2005, National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
(Note: Presentations below are presented in .pdf. To read these files, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free.) -
- Process for Submission and Consideration of Public Comments
- Project 2—Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis
- Project 4—Investigation of Active Fire Protection Systems
- Project 5—Reconstruction of Thermal and Tenability Environment
- Project 8—Fire Service Technologies and Guidelines
- Project 1—Analysis of Building and Fire Code and Practices
- Project 7—Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications
- Project 6—Standard Fire Tests of WTC Tower Typical Floor Construction
- WTC Towers Report
- Update on Dissemination and Technical Assistance Program (DTAP)
- Update on Safety of Threatened Buildings R&D Program
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Draft Report - June 23, 2005
- News Release: NIST World Trade Center Investigation Team Calls for Improvements; Draft Report and Recommendations on Safety, Emergency Response Released for Comment
- Remarks by NIST Acting Director Hratch Semerjian
- Presentation by Shyam Sunder, lead investigator, or the federal building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster (presentation includes abridged recommendations) (.pdf)
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- Draft summary report—contains the investigation's principal findings and recommendations for changes to codes, standards, and practices
- Executive summary
- Complete recommendations
- Full report
- Complete set of draft reports available for public comment
- Guidance for commenting on the draft reports
- NCST Advisory Committee 2004 Report to Congress (.pdf)
- Minutes from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee November 22, 2004, Meeting
- Agenda and Presentations for Oct. 19 and Oct. 20, 2004, National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
(Note: Presentations on are presented in .pdf. To read these files, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free.) -
- Status of World Trade Center Investigation and Discussion
- Project 2 – Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis
- Project 5 - Simulation of the Fires in WTC 1 and 2
- Project 5 - Simulating the Coupled Fire, Thermal, Structural Response of World Trade Center Towers
- Project 5 – Reconstruction of Fires in WTC 1 and WTC 2
- Project 6 – Standard Fire Tests of WTC Tower Typical Floor Construction
- Project 6 - Strength and Impact Response of SFRM
- Project 6 – Structural Fire Response and Collapse Analysis
- Project 8 – Fire Service Technologies and Guidelines
- Project 7 – Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications
- Project 4 – Investigation of Active Fire Protection Systems
- Project 3 – Mechanical and Metallurgical Analysis of Structural Steel
- The Station Nightclub Investigation
- Latest Findings from NIST World Trade Center Investigation Released
Leading Collapse Sequence for Each WTC Tower Defined - Minutes from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee June 22-23, 2004, Meeting
- Agenda and Presentations on WTC Investigation Progress Given at June 22-23, 2004 National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting (Note: Presentations on are presented in .pdf. To read these files, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free.)
- News Release - "Interim Findings from NIST World Trade Center Building and Fire Safety Investigation Identify Issues with Current Standards, Codes and Practices"
- Fact Sheet - "Key Findings of NIST's June 2004 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster" (6-18-04)
- World Trade Center Investigation Status Presentation by S. Shyam Sunder (.pdf) (6-18-04)
- June 2004 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center
- Transcript of Public Meeting on WTC Investigation held in NYC on Feb. 12
- Presentation by Shyam Sunder Given at Feb. 12, 2004 Public Meeting
- Agenda for Public Meeting on WTC Investigation in NYC on February 12
- Commerce's NIST Updates Progress of World Trade Center Investigation
Access to All Essential Data Has Been Obtained - NCST Advisory Committee to Meet on October 19 and 20 World Trade Center, Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigations to be Discussed
- NCST Advisory Committee Meeting Rescheduled
- Federal Register Notice for NCST Advisory Committee Oct. 5-6, 2004 Meeting (NOTE: Meeting Rescheduled) (Note: Notice is presented in .pdf. To read this file, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free.)
- National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Hold Meeting June 22-23, 2004
- NCST Advisory Committee Submits First Annual Report to Congress
Offers Four Major Recommendations to Improve Future Building Failure Investigations - NCST Advisory Committee 2003 Report to Congress
- Minutes from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee December 2-3, 2003, Meeting
- Agenda and Presentations for National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting December 2–3, 2003
- NIST Asks Public for Information on Rhode Island Nightclub Fire
- Minutes from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee August 26-27, 2003, Meeting
- Presentations of WTC and RI Investigations at Aug. 26-27, NCST Advisory Committee Meeting
- Committee to Hold Second Meeting Aug. 26-27, 2003
- Minutes of April 29, 2003 National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
- Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Meet
- NIST launches investigation into Rhode Island nightclub fire
- NIST to Assess R.I. Nightclub Fire
Created May 11, 2010, Updated August 25, 2016