New International Building Codes Address Fire Safety And Evacuation Issues For Tall Structures
Thursday, October 9, 2008 - 21:35
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 based on recommendations from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. The recommendations were part of NIST's investigation of the collapses of New York City's World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.