Safer Buildings Are Goal of New Code Changes Based on Recommendations from NIST World Trade Center Investigation

Friday, October 3, 2008 - 08:28 in Mathematics & Economics

Future buildings--especially tall structures--should be increasingly resistant to fire, more easily evacuated in emergencies, and safer overall thanks to 23 major and far-reaching building and fire code changes approved recently by the International Code Council (ICC) based on recommendations from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

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