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Resilience / Disaster & failure studies

World Trade Center Investigation

World Trade Center Disaster Study News Archive

WTC Report Urges Action for Safer Tall Buildings

November 3, 2005

Testifying before a hearing of the House Science Committee on Oct. 26, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director William Jeffrey urged

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

Disaster and failure studies

Created August 9, 2011, Updated August 17, 2022

World Trade Center Investigation

World Trade Center Disaster Study News Archive

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WTC Report Urges Action for Safer Tall Buildings

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

NIST World Trade Center Investigation Team Calls for Improvements

Meeting Slated to Discuss Structural Steel and Fire

Latest Findings from NIST World Trade Center Investigation Released

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

NIST Tests Provide Fire Resistance Data on World Trade Center Floor Systems

Tests of a Typical WTC Floor System and Individual Steel Members

Status of Data Collection Efforts

Federal Investigators Classify WTC Victims' Locations Within Collapsed Buildings