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PUBLICATIONS

Letter to the Editor of the CTBUH Journal

Published

Author(s)

Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Jason D. Averill, Fahim Sadek

Abstract

NIST was invited to comment on the articles written for a special issue of the CTBUH Journal, marking the ten years passed since the 2001 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. This letter to the editor reacts to the role of the NIST WTC Investigation recommendations in the recent changes to building codes, standards, and practices regarding the design of high-rise buildings.
Citation
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Journal
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

WTC, fire safety, high-rise, structural engineering, elevators, building codes
Building codes and standards and Disaster and failure studies

Citation

Shyam-Sunder, S. , Averill, J. and Sadek, F. (2011), Letter to the Editor of the CTBUH Journal, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Journal, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=909421 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created December 1, 2011, Updated January 27, 2020
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