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National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)

Comparison of Building Code Structural Requirements. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center (NIST NCSTAR 1-1B)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

S K. Ghosh, X Liang

Fire Protection and Life Safety Provisions Applied to the Design and Construction of WTC 1, 2 and 7 and Post-Construction Provisions Applied After Occupancy. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center (NIST NCSTAR 1-1D)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

R A. Grill, D A. Johnson

Comparison of Codes, Standards and Practices in Use at the Time of the Design and Construction of World Trade Center 1, 2 and 7. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1E)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

J C. Razza, R A. Grill

Comparison of the 1968 and Current (2003) New York City Building Code Provisions. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1F)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

J C. Razza, R A. Grill

Mechanical and Metallurgical Analysis of Structural Steel. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-3)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Frank W. Gayle, Richard J. Fields, William E. Luecke, Stephen W. Banovic, Timothy J. Foecke, Christopher N. McCowan, Thomas A. Siewert, Joseph D. McColskey

Passive Fire Protection. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-6A)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Nicholas J. Carino, M A. Starnes, John L. Gross, Jiann C. Yang, S R. Kukuck, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Richard W. Bukowski

Fire Resistance Tests of the Floor Truss Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-6B)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

John L. Gross, F Hervey, M Izydorek, J Mammoser, J Treadway

Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communication. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-7)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jason D. Averill, Dennis S. Mileti, Richard D. Peacock, Erica D. Kuligowski, N Groner, Guylene Proulx, Paul A. Reneke, Harold E. Nelson

Visual Evidence, Damage Estimates, and Timeline Analysis (Appendices H-M). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5A)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, Kathryn M. Butler, Valentine Junker

Post-Construction Fires Prior to September 11, 2001. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-4A)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski, D D. Evans, Richard D. Peacock

Fire Suppression Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-4B)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

M Hopkins, J Schoenrock, E K. Budnick

Contemporaneous Structural Steel Specifications. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-3A)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

William E. Luecke, Thomas A. Siewert, Frank W. Gayle

Documentation of the Fuel System for Emergency Power in World Trade Center 7. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1J)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

R A. Grill, D A. Johnson

Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-2)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Fahim Sadek

Reference Structural Models and Baseline Performance Analysis of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-2A)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

W J. Faschan, R B. Garlock

Damage and Failure Modes of Structural Steel Components. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-3C)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen W. Banovic, Timothy J. Foecke

Mechanical Properties of Structural Steels. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-3D)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

William E. Luecke, Joseph D. McColskey, Christopher N. McCowan, Stephen W. Banovic, Richard J. Fields, Timothy J. Foecke, Thomas A. Siewert, Frank W. Gayle

Maintenance and Modifications to Structural Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1C)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

D A. Fanella, A T. Derecho, S K. Ghosh

This report documents maintenance and modifications that were made to the structural systems of World Trade Center (WTC) 1,2, and 7. Included are the Port

Physical Properties of Structural Steels. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-3E)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen W. Banovic, Christopher N. McCowan, William E. Luecke

Visual Evidence, Damage Estimates, and Timeline Analysis (Chapters 9-Appendix C). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5A)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, Kathryn M. Butler, Valentine Junker

Fire Alarm Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-4C)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

R J. Keough, R A. Grill

Reconstruction of the Fires in the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, George W. Mulholland, Harold E. Nelson, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, William M. Pitts, Kuldeep R. Prasad

Computer Simulation of the Fires in the World Trade Center Towers, Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NCSTAR 1-5F)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Charles E. Bouldin, Glenn P. Forney

Analysis of Published Accounts of the World Trade Center Evacuation. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-7A)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

R F. Fahy, Guylene Proulx

Post-Construction Modifications to Fire Protection, Life Safety, and Structural Systems of World Trade Center 7. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1I)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

R A. Grill, D A. Johnson

Fire Tests of Single Office Workstations. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5C)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller, George W. Mulholland, Alexander Maranghides, J J. Filliben, Richard G. Gann

Reaction of Ceiling Tile Systems to Shocks. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5D)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, M A. Riley, J M. Repp, A S. Whittaker, A M. Reinhorn, P A. Hough

Structural Fire Response and Probable Collapse Sequence of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-6)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

John L. Gross, Therese P. McAllister

Analysis of Aircraft Impacts into the World Trade Center Towers (Chapters 9-11). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-2B)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Robert T. Bocchieri, Fahim H. Sadek, Robert S. MacNeill, S Holmes, B D. Peterson, R W. Cilke, C Navarro

The objective of this report was to analyze the aircraft impacts into each of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers to provide the following: (1) estimates of

Global Structural Analysis of the Response of the World Trade Center Towers to Impact Damage and Fire. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-6D)

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Mehdi S. Zarghamee, Y Kitane, Omer O. Erbay, Therese P. McAllister, John L. Gross

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc (SGH) developed global models of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers using finite elements to gain an understanding of the roles of

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