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Workshops Address How to Avoid Progressive Collapse

August 31, 2006

The 1995 bombing that triggered the collapse of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., first raised concerns in the United States about...

Commerce's NIST Sending Experts to Examine Missouri Building Collapse

June 27, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is immediately sending two structural...

Improved Rating for Residential Fuel Cells

June 22, 2006

A new performance rating system for residential fuel cells developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help prospective buyers...

Q&As on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reconnaissance and Assessment of Damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

June 9, 2006

1. Why did NIST assess damage from Hurricane Katrina when there are othergroups doing the same thing? Each of the agencies involved in reconnaissance and...

NIST Statement on Progressive/Disportionate Collapse Provisions

April 14, 2006

The United Kingdom has a progressive collapse standard Standards to avoid progressive collapse Large panel Construction since 1968. The standard lists two...

Site Tracks Implementation of Trade Center Suggestions

February 16, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has implemented a Web-based system so that the public can track the progress toward implementing the...

Fire Panel Changes Offer Real-Time Fire Status Data

February 2, 2006

Fire panels, or "annunciators," are electronic devices that display data on building conditions in one easily accessible location. When used by first responders...

Draft Statement of Work for Structural Analysis of WTC 7

January 4, 2006

NIST is interested in receiving technical comments about the scope of work and technical approach for The draft statement of work for structural analysis of WTC...

Updated Fire Modeling Software Released

November 3, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in September an updated version of a popular computer program that fire investigators, safety...

NIST Urges Implementation of Recommendations from World Trade Center Investigation Final Towers Report Released Today at Congressional Hearing

October 26, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C.— William Jeffrey, director of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), today called on the...

NIST Coordinates Study of Hurricane Structure Damage

October 20, 2005

On Oct. 13, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it has deployed the first of three teams of technical experts under a...

Commerce's NIST Coordinates Study of Structural Damage from Gulf Hurricanes

October 13, 2005

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has deployed the first of three teams...

Simulations Predict Savings From More Airtight Buildings

October 7, 2005

U.S. commercial building owners could save substantially on annual heating and cooling energy costs by improving airtightness of their buildings' envelope...

Final Nightclub Fire Report Urges Code Compliance

June 30, 2005

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fire investigators have urged all state and local governments to adopt and aggressively enforce national...

Meeting Slated to Discuss Structural Steel and Fire

June 2, 2005

The World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, showed the critical importance of fire resistant materials for structural steel. To accelerate...

NIST June Workshop Focuses on BFRs in Environment

June 2, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Seventh Annual Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) in the Environment on June...

April 2005 Public Briefing on NIST's World Trade Center Investigation

September 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 Plaza Times Square...

Tests of a Typical WTC Floor System and Individual Steel Members

July 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) tower floor system as...

Status of Data Collection Efforts

July 21, 2004

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is basing its review, analysis, modeling, and testing work for the World Trade Center (WTC)...

NIST metallurgist Robert Shull loads a sample into an ultracold chamber to measure its promise as a magnetic refrigerant.

NIST Research Reveals Tiny Iron Supplement Has 'Chilling' Effect That Bodes Well for Magnetic Refrigeration

June 23, 2004

A pinch of iron dramatically boosts the cooling performance of a material considered key to the development of magnetic refrigerators, report researchers at the...

Statement by NIST Director Arden Bement on NIST's World Trade Center Evacuation and Safety Studies

April 9, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today outlined its plans to conduct a series of interviews that will provide key...

Access to Information from Silverstein Properties

October 1, 2002

The information collected and documented by World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties on the events at the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11...

Status Updated on Recovered World Trade Center Steel at NIST

September 17, 2002

The study of steel recovered from the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers and the WTC-7 building in New York City will be a critical component of the...

NIST to Officially Launch World Trade Center Investigation

August 19, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a press briefing to officially embark on a 24-month building fire and...

Highlights of Revisions to WTC Investigation Plan Based on Public Comments

August 19, 2002

NIST requested and received public comments on the scope of its plan for the World Trade Center (WTC) Building and Fire Safety Investigation. Comments were...

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