September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Building failures Skyscrapers Tall buildings--Fires and fire prevention Building failures--Investigation--New York (State)--New York. Skyscrapers--Fires and fire prevention--Standards. Structural stability--Standards. Buildings--Evacuation--Standards.
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.
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Chicago
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce Department. "Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7: Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster". Government. Commerce Department, November 1, 2008. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-C13-4d4c17460292ee57ef313f6491fa8d1e
APA
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce Department. (2008, November 1). Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7: Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster. [Government]. Commerce Department. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-C13-4d4c17460292ee57ef313f6491fa8d1e
MLA
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce Department. Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7: Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster. Commerce Department, (1 Nov 2008), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-C13-4d4c17460292ee57ef313f6491fa8d1e
Bluebook
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce Department, Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, GovInfo, (November 1, 2008), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-C13-4d4c17460292ee57ef313f6491fa8d1e
