Comparison of the 1968 and Current (2003) New York City Building Code Provisions. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
Comparison of the 1968 and Current (2003) New York City
Building Code Provisions. Federal Building and Fire
Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
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Razza, J. C.; Grill, R. A.
NIST NCSTAR 1-1F; 84 p. September 2005.
Keywords:
World Trade Center; high rise buildings; building
collapse; disasters; terrorists; terrorism; fire safety;
fire investigations; building codes; power supplies;
fire alarm systems; fire protection; fire suppression;
interior finishes; egress; standards; sprinklers;
standpipes; fire detection; compartments; venting
Abstract:
This report was prepared to support the analysis of
building and fire codes and practices of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology World Trade Center
(WTC) Investigation. The report provides a comparison
and summary of significant differences between the 1968
Building Code of the City of New York (determined to be
the current building code at the time of construction of
WTC 1 and WTC 2) and the provisions of the 2003
(current) edition of the Building Code of the City of
New York.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899