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This summer, members of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) completed testing at the former site of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside
The NIST team investigating the partial collapse of the condo building is preparing to begin invasive testing and preparation of physical evidence collected
The agencies are funding 20 projects to be conducted across 24 institutions through the Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) program, which they manage
This project focuses on two research tasks promoting enhanced seismic building performance. Research Task 1 investigates the use of low-damage rocking systems
In the context of codes and standards for structural design, the term robustness has been used to indicate the ability of a structural system to resist damage
Proficiency Test (PT) results are available at no cost to customers who have tested SRMs 2092, 2096, and 2098. A PT result serves as a means to verify the
Our goal is to provide standard test methods and critical data to the pipeline industry to improve safety and reliability. Of particular interest is the testing
Brian O'Connor, Karah Osburn, Jennifer Mitchell, Heidi Szabo, Marc Levitan
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide a brief overview of building envelope considerations and load path improvements to reduce damages to wood framed
Erik Perfetto, James Taylor, Karah Osburn, Brian O'Connor, Marc Levitan, Jennifer Mitchell
This instructional guidance is for design professionals and building officials to help them determine when a building or other structure is required to be
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed advanced Database-Assisted Design (DAD) procedures for the design of structural members
Recently significant attention has been paid to the regional risk assessment of infrastructure systems as proper risk assessment can lead to informed decision