[design] Fwd: NIST Briefing on the WTC Investigation

From-- wtc@xxxxxxxx
Date-- Tue May 24, 2005 11:08:28 AM US/Central
Subject-- NIST Briefing on the World Trade Center Investigation


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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a public meeting starting at 2 p.m. (EDT) on June 23, 2005, at the Marriott Financial Center Hotel (85 West St., Grand Ballroom, third floor) in New York City to present the draft recommendations from its building and fire safety investigation of the collapses of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.  The recommendations seek improvements in the way people design, construct, maintain, and use buildings to increase building, occupant, and emergency responder safety.  They will be released, along with the complete set of WTC
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towers investigation reports, for a six-week public comment period.
 
The towers reports consist of 43 individual documents (15 of which were released in April) and some 10,000 pages, with one summary report (about 200 pages) that contains the principal findings and recommendations.  A separate draft report on the collapse of WTC 7 (a 47-story building that fell after the WTC towers) will be released for public comment at a later date.
 
A comprehensive Web site on the NIST WTC Investigation may be accessed at http://wtc.nist.gov. ; If you have any questions, please contact the main NIST WTC office at (301) 975-6051 or via email at wtc@xxxxxxxx.
 
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