World Trade Center building performance study :
data collection, preliminary observations, and recommendations /
[report editor: Therese McAllister ; chapter leaders and authors: Gene Corley ... et al.].

Description

Related Names

Corley, Gene.
McAllister, Therese.
Greenhorne & O'Mara.
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Structural Engineering Institute.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
United States. Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration ; 2002]

Subjects

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) > World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) / Design and construction.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Office buildings > Office buildings / Fires and fire prevention > Office buildings / Fires and fire prevention / New York (State) > Office buildings / Fires and fire prevention / New York (State) / New York.
Tall buildings > Tall buildings / Fires and fire prevention > Tall buildings / Fires and fire prevention / New York (State) > Tall buildings / Fires and fire prevention / New York (State) / New York.
Building failures > Building failures / Investigation > Building failures / Investigation / New York (State) > Building failures / Investigation / New York (State) / New York.
Building failures > Building failures / New York (State) > Building failures / New York (State) / New York.
Skyscrapers > Skyscrapers / New York (State) > Skyscrapers / New York (State) / New York > Skyscrapers / New York (State) / New York / Design and construction.

Summary

Report of a team of civil, structural, and fire protection engineers, deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (SEI/ASCE), in association with New York City and several other Federal agencies and professional organizations, to study the performance of buildings at the WTC site following the attack of September 11, 2001.

Note

"FEMA 403 / May 2002."
Shipping list no.: 2002-0190-P.
Also available via Internet from the web site. Address as of 6/06/02: http://www.house.gov/science/hot/wtc/wtcreport.htm; current access is available via PURL.

Physical Description

1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill., col. maps, plans ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)

ISBN

0160673895 (pbk.)

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