Final report on the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 : federal building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster / Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder ; Richard G. Gann ; William Grosshandler ; H. S. Lew ; Richard W. Bukowski ; Fahim H. Sadek ; Frank W. Gayle ; John L. Gross ; Therese P. McAllister ; Jason D. Averill ; J. Randall Lawson ; Harold E. Nelson ; Stephen A. Cauffman.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Shyam Sunder, S., author.

Gann, Richard G., 1944- author.

Grosshandler, William Lytle, 1945- author.

Lew, H. S. (Hai Sang), author.

Bukowski, Richard, author.

Sadek, Fahim, author.

Gayle, Frank W., author.

Gross, John L., author.

McAllister, Therese, author.

Averill, Jason D., author.

Lawson, J. R., author.

Nelson, H. E. (Harold E.), 1929-2011, author.

Cauffman, Stephen A., author.

Contributor:

National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

NIST NCSTAR ; 1A.

NIST NCSTAR ; 1A

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001).

Building failures--Investigation--New York (State)--New York.

Building failures.

Building failures--New York (State)--New York--Computer simulation.

Aircraft accidents--New York (State)--New York--Computer simulation.

Aircraft accidents.

Fires--New York (State)--New York--Computer simulation.

Fires.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York.

Skyscrapers.

Tall buildings--Fires and fire prevention--New York (State)--New York.

Tall buildings.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

Tall buildings--Fires and fire prevention.

Medical Subjects:

September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 88 pages) : color illustrations.

Other Title:

Federal building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster

NIST NCSTAR 1A, WTC Investigation

Place of Publication:

[Gaithersburg, Md.] : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2008.

Summary:

This report describes how the fires that followed the impact of debris from the collapse of WTC 1 (the north tower) led to the collapse of WTC 7; an evaluation of the building evacuation and emergency response procedures; what procedures and practices were used in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the building; and areas in current building and fire codes, standards, and practices that warrant revision. Also in this report is a summary of how NIST reached its conclusions. NIST complemented in-house expertise with private sector technical experts; accumulated copious documents, photographs, and videos of the disaster; conducted first- person interviews of building occupants and emergency responders; analyzed the evacuation and emergency response operations in and around WTC 7; performed computer simulations of the behavior of WTC 7 on September 11, 2001; and combined the knowledge gained into a probable collapse sequence. The report concludes with a list of 13 recommendations for action in the areas of increased structural integrity, enhanced fire endurance of structures, new methods for fire resistant design of structures, enhanced active fire protection, improved emergency response, improved procedures and practices, and education and training. One of these is new; the other 12 are reiterated from the investigation into the collapse of the towers. Each of the 13 is relevant to WTC 7.

Notes:

"November 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (GovInfo, viewed Oct. 4, 2021).

OCLC:

1084487407