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035			_a(Sirsi) u119048
100			_aGilbey, R
245			_aDesign for life
260			_c2002
490			_aFire Engineers' Journal _v62(222) July 2002, 27-29(3)
520			_aA study into the collapse of the World Trade Center following the terrorist attack on 11 September by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers has brought to light some important issues about the design and performance of buildings. Discusses key findings from the report such as the design features that enabled the towers to remain standing after they were hit, and how the building's collapse was caused by the fires started by the burning jet fuel. Considers whether building codes should be changed to make future buildings more resistant to terrorist attacks and outlines the report's recommendations for specific issues aimed at improving building design and performance in the future. "World Trade Center building performance" available from FEMA's website at www.fema.gov
590			_aABS
650			_aWORLD TRADE CENTER
650			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
650			_aTERRORISM
650			_aTALL BUILDINGS
650			_aSTRUCTURAL DESIGN
650			_aBUILDING PERFORMANCE
650			_aBUILDING CODES
650			_aFIRE PROTECTION
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
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