![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090116064944im_/http://wtc.nist.gov/globalimages/spacer.gif) |
(Note:
Some of the items below are presented in (.pdf ) and may require the latest
version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download or update Adobe
Acrobat Reader free.)
WTC Investigation
Archives
- Link to WTC 7 Technical Briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 11 a.m. EDT
- Minutes of the NCST Advisory Committee
meeting, December 18, 2007
- National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting, December
18, 2007
- NIST Status Update on World Trade Center 7 Investigation
- NIST WTC Recommendations Spur New Model Building Codes
- Minutes of the NCST Advisory Committee
meeting,
December 14, 2006
- Presentation: "WTC 7 Technical Approach and Status Summary",
December 12, 2006, Therese McAllister, NIST
- 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
- Remarks on Progressive Collapse by Dr.
S. Shyam Sunder at May 1, 2006
Meeting of NIBS Building Code Experts and Structural Engineering
Organizations
- NIST Statement on
Progressive Collapse
- World Trade Center Study Spurs Improvement of Codes
- Public Comments on the Final Reports of the Federal Building and Fire Investigation
of the World Trade Center Disaster
-
NIST
Urges Implementation of Recommendations from World Trade Center Investigation
-
Final Towers Report Released Today at
Congressional Hearing
-
Statement of William Jeffrey, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce on The Building
and Fire Safety Investigation into the World Trade Center Collapse before the Committee on Science House of
Representatives, Oct. 26, 2005 (pdf)
- Status of NIBS Effort: Translating Recommendations into Model Building Codes
- October
24-25, 2005 Meeting of the NIBS/MMC Committee to Translate the NIST
World Trade Center Investigation Recommendations Into Building Codes
And Standards (pdf)
- Presentation on the U.S. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation
of the World Trade Center Disaster to the 4th Annual Congress on Infrastructure
Security for the Built Environment, October 19, 2005, Dr. James E. Hill,
Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, NIST (pdf)
-
Presentations from Sept. 13-15, 2005,Technical Conference on the Federal
Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC)
- Agenda and Presentations for Sept. 12 and Sept. 13, 2005, National Construction
Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
- News Release:
NIST
World Trade Center Investigation Team Calls for Improvements; Draft
Report and Recommendations on Safety, Emergency Response Released
for Comment (June 23, 2005)
-
Remarks
by NIST Acting Director Hratch Semerjian at the June 23, 2005,
press briefing
-
Presentation
by Shyam Sunder, lead investigator for the federal building and fire
safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster, June 23,
2005 (presentation includes abridged recommendations)
(.pdf)
-
Draft
summary report—contains the investigation’s principal
findings and recommendations for changes to codes, standards, and
practices
-
Complete
set of draft reports available for public comment
-
Guidance
for commenting on the draft reports
-
View
archived video of press briefing
-
Draft
Statement of Work for Structural Analysis of WTC 7 Available for Comment
-
Technical
Conference on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of
the World Trade Center (WTC) Disaster
(September 13-15, 2005 , NIST, Gaithersburg, MD)
-
Presentation
by Shyam Sunder at April 5, 2005, Public Briefing
- Comprehensive
presentation on NIST's World Trade Center investigation
(April 5,
2005)
- Presentation by
Shyam Sunder and William Grosshandler at the NFPA World Safety Conference
& Exposition, Las Vegas, NV, on June 8, 2005: "NIST's
Findings on the World Trade Center Fire and Collapse"
-
Advisory
Committee 2004 Report to Congress (.pdf)
- Comprehensive
presentation on NIST's World Trade Center investigation
-
Minutes
from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee November
22, 2004, Meeting
-
Agenda
for November 22, 2004, National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee
Meeting
-
Agenda
and Presentations for Oct. 19 and Oct. 20, 2004, National Construction
Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
(.pdf)
-
Latest
Findings from NIST World Trade Center Investigation Released; Leading
Collapse Sequence for Each WTC Tower Defined
-
Minutes from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee
October 19-20, 2004 Meeting
-
Presentation
by Shyam Sunder to the Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings, Sept.
9, 2004
(.pdf)
- Fact Sheet - "NIST
Tests Provide Fire Resistance Data on World Trade Center Floor Systems"
(Updated 9/9/04)
-
Fire
Resistance Testing of WTC Floor System, Aug. 25, 2004, Presentation
by S. Shyam Sunder
(.pdf)
-
Fire
Resistance Testing of WTC Floor System, Aug. 25, 2004, Presentation
by John Gross
(.pdf)
-
Federal
Investigators Classify WTC Victims’ Locations Within Collapsed
Buildings
- News Release -
"Interim
Findings from NIST World Trade Center Building and Fire Safety Investigation
Identify Issues with Current Standards, Codes and Practices"
- Fact Sheet -
"Key
Findings of NIST’s June 2004 Progress Report on the Federal Building
and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster"
-
Minutes
from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee June 22-23,
2004 Meeting
-
Agenda
and Presentations for National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee
Meeting June 22-23, 2004
-
World
Trade Center Investigation Status Presentation (6-18-04) by S. Shyam
Sunder
(.pdf)
-
June
2004 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation
of the World Trade Center
-
Agenda
for November 22, 2004, National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee
Meeting
-
NCST
Advisory Committee to Meet on October 19 and 20 World Trade Center,
Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigations to be Discussed
(Advisory)
-
NCST
Advisory Committee Meeting Rescheduled
(Advisory)
-
NIST
Determines Actual Wind Loads Used to Design World Trade Center Towers
(News
Release)
-
Federal
Register
Notice for NCST Advisory Committee Oct. 5-6, 2004 Meeting
(NOTE:
Meeting rescheduled)
(.pdf)
- Fact Sheet -
"Improving
the Safety of Occupants and First Responders"
-
February
12, 2004, Public Meeting
(Index
to Archived Pages)
-
Statement
of Clarification to ENR Article
-
Opportunity
for Public Viewing of WTC Fire Test
(Advisory)
-
Minutes
from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee December
2-3, 2003, Meeting
-
Agenda
and Presentations on WTC Investigation Progress Given at Dec. 2-3, 2003
National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
-
Commerce's
NIST Updates Progress of World Trade Center Investigation
Access to All Essential Data Has Been Obtained
Dec.
2, 2003 (News Release)
-
Public
Update on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the
World Trade Center Disaster
(.pdf)
Dec.
2003
-
Minutes
of the October 23, 2003, Workshop to Review Reference Structural Models
of the WTC Towers
(.pdf)
-
Agreements
to Facilitate WTC Investigation
Oct.
13, 2003
-
NIST
Details First-Person Data Collection Projects for WTC Investigation
Commerce Agency Needs Participation from Survivors, First-Responders
and Families of Victims
Sept.
17, 2003 (News Release)
-
September
17, 2003 Media Briefing
(Index
to Archive pages)
-
Improving
the Safety of Occupants and First Responders
(Fact
Sheet)
-
Minutes
from the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee August
26-27, 2003, Meeting
-
Presentations
on WTC Investigation at Aug. 26-27, 2003, NCST Advisory Committee Meeting
(.pdf)
-
Commerce's
NIST Reports on Progress of World Trade Center Investigation at One-Third
Mark-- Agency Notes Cooperation, Seeks More Information
(News
Release)
-
NCST
Advisory Committee 2003 Report to Congress
(.pdf)
(Publication)
-
NCST
Advisory Committee Submits First Annual Report to Congress
Offers Four Major Recommendations to Improve Future Building Failure
Investigations
(News
Release)
-
Status
of Data Collection Efforts
(Statement)
-
Remarks
by Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., News Media Briefing ,
May
7, 2003 (PowerPoint)
-
Remarks
by Dr. Shyam Sunder, News Media Briefing,
May
7, 2003 (PowerPoint)
-
May
2003 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation
of the World Trade Center
(.pdf)
(Publication)
-
Statement
by NIST Director Arden Bement on NIST's World Trade Center Evacuation
and Safety Studies,
April
8, 2003
-
Commerce’s
NIST to Brief Media in NYC on Progress of WTC Investigation,
May
1, 2003 (Advisory)
-
Construction
Trade Center Investigation Off to Solid Start, Commerce's NIST Reports,
Dec.
9, 2002 (News Release)
-
Progress
Report on NIST Building and Fire Investigation into the World Trade
Center Disaster
(Publication)
-
Remarks
by Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr, News Media Briefing Dec. 9
-
Remarks
by Dr. Shyam Sunder, News Media Briefing Dec. 9
-
Commerce's
NIST Seeks Members for National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee,
Nov.
12, 2002 (News Release)
-
Nov.
12 Federal Register Notice
-
National
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Charter
-
President
Signs Bill Granting Commerce's NIST New Authorities to Investigate Major
Building Failure,
Oct.
2, 2002 (News Release)
-
National
Construction Safety Team Act (P.L. 107-231)
(.pdf)
-
Statement
by NIST About Its WTC Investigation and Access to Information from Silverstein
Properties
-
Presentation
at Public Meeting on Proposed World Trade Center Investigation Plan,
June
24, 2002
-
Webcast
Agenda for Public Meeting on Proposed World Trade Center Investigation
Plan
|