Collaborating with Our Customers: NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory

摘要

The 'Perspective' describes how BFRL's (Building and Fire Research Laboratory's) projects respond to needs of the principal classes of its customers in the construction and fire safety communities: owners, designers, and constructors; producers and suppliers; standards and codes interests; and the fire services. The authors' projects address major needs and opportunities for improving the life cycle performance of constructed facilities, including: high-performance concrete and steel; 'green' building technologies; integrated, automatic control systems for operation of constructed facilities; computer-integrated, effectively automated design and construction practices; reduction of losses from unwanted fires, earthquakes, and extreme winds.