Building code changes reflect World Trade Center investigation
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The International Code Council published a 2007 supplement to the International Building Code (IBC) reflecting recommendations made by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) derived from its three-year investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center (TWC) towers. Details on the building code changes based on the recommendations are presented.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2007
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Environmental engineering: engineers remediate land polluted with fertilizer, pesticide
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The details of the project involving reversing the effects of soil and groundwater contamination at the former Bangladesh Farm Center, in Whitewater, Wisconsin, by Terracon Consultants, Inc. are presented.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2006
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