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Champlain Towers South Investigation Nears Completion of Technical Work

September 9, 2025

Investigators share likely failure scenarios, advance indicators of building’s distress.

Some Air Cleaners Release Harmful By-Products. Now We Have a Way to Measure Them.

September 2, 2025

Many types of air cleaners can generate small amounts of air pollution. Until now, there was no standard way to measure these negative by-products.

NIST to Provide Updates on Construction Safety Team Investigations in September Advisory Committee Meeting

August 6, 2025

The public meetings will include updates on NIST’s investigations into the impacts of Hurricane Maria and the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South.

NIST Shares Preliminary Findings From Hurricane Maria Investigation

July 14, 2025

As NIST’s National Construction Safety Team nears the end of its investigation, it has released a video update that highlights significant milestones and

SRM Story: SRM 1224 Carbon Steel, AISI 1078 (disk form)

July 7, 2025

Do you ever think about how steel can be used for surgical instruments, reinforced concrete, cookware, ball bearings, railroad tracks, generating electricity

NIST Releases Extensive Video Update on Champlain Towers South Investigation

June 23, 2025

The update reviews the investigation’s history, shares preliminary findings and highlights potential impacts.

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Champlain Towers South Investigation Team Provides Update to Structural Engineers

April 11, 2025

This outreach will help ensure that the team’s findings and recommendations lead to improvements to codes, standards and practices.

NIST Report to Congress Provides Update on Champlain Towers South Investigation

February 5, 2025

The report notes that the team has completed all experimental work on the physical evidence from the building’s structural elements.

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Spotlight: Shawn Platt and the Concrete Christmas Tree

December 23, 2024

Some people like plastic Christmas trees; others prefer real wood and needles. This year, NIST is printing a tree out of concrete. The tree is not only festive

NIST Transfers Evidence From Champlain Towers South to Miami-Dade Police Department

November 21, 2024

The National Construction Safety Team has reached an important milestone in its investigation into the 2021 partial collapse of Champlain Towers South.

NIST Provides Update on Champlain Towers South Investigation

September 12, 2024

Work continues to determine cause of the 2021 tragedy and to develop science-based recommendations to improve building safety.

Tornadoes Are Deadly. These New Building Codes Will Save Lives.

July 9, 2024

NIST research has led to the first building code provision for tornado resilience.

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NIST Researchers Identify a Cheaper, More Convenient Method to Detect Asbestos

June 25, 2024

Researchers have verified that scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a highly accurate way to test air samples for the presence of asbestos.

Spotlight: NIST Researchers Are Helping Make Communities More Resilient Through Wind Tunnel Testing of Building Models

June 11, 2024

NIST researchers are helping by evaluating building structures through wind tunnel testing.

NIST Industrial Wireless Team Publishes Research Report on Wireless Deployment Challenges in Construction – A 5G Strategy

June 1, 2024

In the construction context, integrating 5G networks presents numerous challenges. The NIST Industrial Wireless Team has published an article in the online

UV Disinfection Lights Can Cause Indoor Air Pollution

May 30, 2024

Further research is needed to understand how to minimize the unintended byproducts of ultraviolet light.

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Spotlight: Test Instrument Puts Materials Under Forces at High Speeds to Mimic Many Instantaneous Situations in the Real World

March 16, 2024

This elongated test instrument, the first of its kind in the world, puts materials under two extreme conditions in fractions of seconds.

Two men stand a table in a warehouse space, looking at a broken piece of concrete that one is holding.

NIST to Provide Public Update on Hurricane Maria and Champlain Towers South Investigations During Advisory Committee Meeting March 6-7, 2024

March 4, 2024

The meeting will be livestreamed each day.

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