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11/11/2008 2:39 PM 

Tall Orders: High-Rise Intl. Building Code Changes Reflect Lessons Learned from 9/11   Nov. 4, New York

In September 2008 – 7 years after the collapse of the World Trade Center – the Intl. Code Council (ICC) approved 23 wide-ranging building and fire code changes that will impact the way tall structures are planned, designed, and built. The code changes reflect the recommendations from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the collapses of New York City’s World Trade Center (WTC) towers on 9/11, which resulted in the deaths of about 3,000 people...more

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