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News Releases
| June 20, 2007 |
NIST WTC Recommendations Spur New Model Building Codes |
| Oct. 26, 2005 |
NIST Urges Implementation of Recommendations from World Trade Center Investigation
Final Towers Report Released Today at Congressional Hearing |
| June 23, 2005 |
NIST World Trade Center Investigation Team Calls for Improvements
Draft Report and Recommendations on Safety, Emergency Response Released for Comment |
| April
5, 2005 |
Latest
Findings from NIST World Trade Center Investigation Released
Probable Collapse Sequences for Both Towers Finalized; Reports
Issued for Three Projects |
| Oct.
19, 2004 |
Latest
Findings from NIST World Trade Center Investigation Released
Leading Collapse Sequence for Each WTC Tower Defined |
| Sept.
17, 2004 |
NIST
Determines Actual Wind Loads Used to Design World Trade Center Towers
Buildings as Designed Would Have Met New York City Codes for Wind
Resistance |
| July
20, 2004 |
Federal
Investigators Classify WTC Victims’ Locations Within Collapsed
Buildings |
| June
18, 2004 |
Interim
Findings from NIST World Trade Center Building and Fire Safety Investigation
Identify Issues with Current Standards, Codes and Practices |
| Feb.
12, 2004 |
NCST
Advisory Committee Submits First Annual Report to Congress
Offers Four Major Recommendations to Improve Future Building Failure
Investigations |
| Dec.
2, 2003 |
Commerce’s
NIST Updates Progress of World Trade Center Investigation
Access to All Essential Data Has Been Obtained |
| Oct.
30, 2003 |
Agreements
to Facilitate NIST WTC Investigation |
| Sept.
17, 2003 |
NIST
Details First-Person Data Collection Projects for WTC Investigation
Commerce Agency Needs Participation from Survivors, First-Responders
and Families of Victims |
| June
25, 2003 |
NIST
Puts New Testing Device to Work on Recovered WTC Steel |
| May
27, 2003 |
Advances
in DNA Analyses Help Identify 9/11 Victims |
| May
7, 2003 |
Commerce's
NIST Reports on Progress of World Trade Center Investigation at One-Third
Mark—Agency Notes Cooperation, Seeks More Information |
| April
28, 2003 |
Additional
Experts Appointed to Construction Safety Committee |
| April
8, 2003 |
NIST
Seeks Interview Subjects as Part of its World Trade Center Investigation |
| March
20, 2003 |
Commerce's
NIST Names National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee |
| Dec.
9, 2002 |
World
Trade Center Investigation Off to Solid Start, Commerce's NIST Reports |
| Oct.
2, 2002 |
President
Signs Bill Granting Commerce's NIST New Authorities to Investigate
Major Building Failures |
| Aug.
21, 2002 |
Commerce's
NIST Details Federal Investigation of World Trade Center Collapse |
| June
5, 2002 |
NIST
Seeks Public Input on Pending Federal Investigation of the World Trade
Center Disaster |
| April
1, 2002 |
NIST,
FEMA Strengthen Disaster Response and Research Capabilities
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Presentations/Testimony
| Dec. 12, 2006 |
Presentation: "WTC 7 Technical Approach and Status Summary",
December 12, 2006, Therese McAllister, NIST |
| Sept. 8, 2006 |
Testimony of Dr. S. Shyam Sunder Before New York City Council Joint
Meeting, Committees on Lower Manhattan Redevelopment; Fire & Criminal
Justice Services Hearing on “Oversight - Issues of Health and Safety
Regarding the Storage of Diesel Fuel at 60 Hudson Street, Manhattan”,
September 8, 2006 |
| May 1, 2006 |
Remarks on Progressive Collapse by Dr.
S. Shyam Sunder at May 1, 2006
Meeting of NIBS Building Code Experts and Structural Engineering
Organizations |
| Oct. 26, 2005 |
Testimony: "The Building and Fire Safety Investigation into the World Trade Center Collapse", William Jeffrey, Director, NIST |
| May 1, 2002 |
Dr. Arden
L. Bement, Jr.
Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
United States Department of Commerce
Before the Committee on Science, House
of Representatives, United States Congress
“The
Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapse: Findings, Recommendations
and Next Steps”.
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| March 6, 2002 |
Dr.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
United States Department of Commerce
Before the Committee on Science, House
of Representatives, United States Congress
“Learning from 9/11: Understanding
the Collapse of the World Trade Center”
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Announcements/Statements
| Dec. 18, 2007 |
Minutes of the NCST Advisory Committee
meeting, December 18, 2007 |
| Dec. 18, 2007 |
National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting, December
18, 2007 |
| June 29, 2007 |
NIST Status Update on World Trade Center 7 Investigation |
| Dec. 14, 2006 |
Minutes of the NCST Advisory Committee
meeting,
December 14, 2006 |
| Apr. 14, 2006 |
NIST Statement on
Progressive Collapse |
| Apr. 13, 2006 |
World Trade Center Study Spurs Improvement of Codes |
| Oct. 26, 2005 |
NIST Urges Implementation of Recommendations from World Trade Center Investigation Final Towers Report Released Today at Congressional Hearing |
| June
23,
2005 |
NIST World Trade Center Investigation Team Calls for Improvements
Draft Report and Recommendations on Safety, Emergency Response Released for Comment |
| June
20,
2005 |
Media
Advisory: NIST to Hold Press and Public Briefings in New York
City on June 23 to Release WTC Draft Report and Recommendations |
| Mar.
24, 2005 |
April
5 Public Briefing on NIST's World Trade Center Investigation |
| May
23, 2005 |
NIST
to Release Draft Report and Recommendations from Its Investigation
of the World Trade Center Towers Collapses
Agency Will Hold Press and Public Briefings in New York City on
June 23 |
| Oct.
13, 2004 |
NCST
Advisory Committee to Meet on October 19 and 20
World Trade Center, Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigations
to be Discussed |
| July
26, 2004 |
Opportunity
for Public Viewing of WTC Fire Test |
| June
8, 2004 |
Commerce’s
NIST to Hold WTC Investigation Press Briefing in New York
Agency to Issue 2nd Interim Report on Progress of Technical Investigation |
| Nov.
24, 2003 |
National
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Meet |
| Sept.
10, 2003 |
Commerce’s
NIST to Hold WTC Investigation Press Briefing in New York
Sept. 17 Event Will Precede Launch of First-Person Data Collection
Projects |
| May
1, 2003 |
Commerce’s
NIST to Brief Media in NYC on Progress of WTC Investigation |
| April
15, 2003 |
First
Meeting of National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to
Be Held April 29 |
| April
8, 2003 |
NIST
Seeks Interview Subjects as Part of its World Trade Center Investigation
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| March
21, 2003 |
Public
Safety Studies on Evacuation of World Trade Center to be Announced
at April 8 Community Forum |
| Oct.
1, 2002 |
Statement
by NIST About Its WTC Investigation and Access to Information from
Silverstein Properties |
| Aug.
21, 2002 |
How
to Provide Photos or Other Information on the Collapse of the World
Trade Center Buildings |
| July
11, 2002 |
Statement
on Recovered WTC Steel |
| June
24, 2002 |
Presentation
at Public Meeting on Proposed World Trade Center Investigation Plan
Webcast
Agenda for Public Meeting on Proposed World Trade Center Investigation
Plan |
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