Best Practices for Reducing the Potential for Progressive Collapse in Buildings

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Workshops

To provide an opportunity for technical exchange, NIST jointly with the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers organized a series of four nation-wide workshops.

The workshops were held at the following dates and locations:

• Sept. 7, 2006 - Denver, Co-Sponsored by SEAC
• Sept. 14, 2006 - New York City, Co-Sponsored by SEAoNY
• Sept. 28, 2006 - San Francisco, Co-Sponsored by SEAOC
• Oct. 19, 2006 - Chicago, At the ASCE Annual Conference

Below are the presentation materials used in workshops:

• INTRODUCTION, H. S. Lew, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• PRINCIPLES OF RISK ASSESSMENT APPLIED TO MITIGATION OF PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE, Bruce R. Ellingwood, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
• Means for Risk Reduction & Analytical Approaches, Robert Smilowitz, Weidlinger Associates
• Practical Means for Collapse Prevention, Donald O. Dusenberry, P.E., Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
• CASE STUDY - Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Oklahoma City, H. S. Lew National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• CASE STUDY - 130 LIBERTY STREET, Robert Smilowitz, Weidlinger Associates
• CASE STUDY -  L’Ambiance Plaza , Donald O. Dusenberry, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
• CASE STUDY - PENTAGON, Donald O. Dusenberry, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.

Report

NISTIR 7396 "Best Practices for Reducing the Potential for Progressive Collapse in Buildings," February 2007

 

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