- Author
- Solomon, R.
- Title
- Fire Protection Engineering: Where Are We Heading From Here? A Look at Present and Future Research Agendas in Tall Buildings.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Book or Conf
- Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editors, 47-52 p., 2003
- Keywords
- World Trade Center | fire protection engineering | performance based codes | evacuation | egress | elevators (lifts) | structural load | fire tests | scenarios | stairways | stairwells | high rise buildings
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; secion 30 of the Building Code recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters (1905); high rise fire history; category: high rise, mid rise, tall, super tall, extremely tall; Elevator Evacuation Systems (Ees)