Building Regulatory Systems in a Post-September 11 World

Published

March 22, 2004

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski

Abstract

The September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States have initiated a significant discussion and rethinking among building regulators not only in the U.S., but also around the world. While most quickly state that regulations should not require that buildings be designed to resist impact by fully loaded aircraft, there is an active dialog on what have come to be called extreme events. Much of the discussion in the literature has focused on technical issues like structural fire resistance and progressive collapse, but there is a public policy debate that should precede and drive the engineering and design discussions. The purpose of this paper is to lay out some of these issues and to hopefully start that policy debate.

Citation

International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

building regulations, extreme events, fire regulations, professional practice, progressive collapse, public policy

Citation

Bukowski, R. (2004), Building Regulatory Systems in a Post-September 11 World, International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods (Accessed May 2, 2026)

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