National Construction Safety Teams Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2006

摘要

In October 2002, the President signed into law the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Act (P.L. 107-231), which authorized the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish National Construction Safety Teams for deployment after events causing the failure of a building or buildings that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential for substantial loss of life. The purpose of these investigations is to improve the safety and structural integrity of buildings in the United States. A team shall: (A) establish the likely technical cause or causes of the building failure; (B) evaluate the technical aspects of evacuation and emergency response procedures; (C) recommend as necessary, specific improvements to building standards, codes, and practices based on the findings made pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B); and, (D) recommend any research and other appropriate actions needed to improve the structural safety of buildings, and improve the evacuation and emergency response procedures, based on the findings and recommendations of the investigation. Under Section 10 of the NCST Act, NIST is to provide by February 15 of each year a report that includes: (1) a summary of the investigations conducted by Teams during the prior fiscal year; (2) a summary of recommendations made by Teams in reports issued under Section 8 during the prior fiscal year and a description of the extent to which those recommendations have been implemented; and, (3) a description of the actions taken to improve building safety and structural integrity by the National Institute of Standards and Technology during the prior fiscal year in response to reports issued under Section 8. This report summarizes NISTs activities under the NCST Act for Fiscal Year 2006.