WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards & Technology issued the following press release:
On Sept. 23 and 24, 2026, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) convened a two-day meeting of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee. NIST provided updates on the progress of its NCST investigations into the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building and the impacts of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico in 2017, as well as updates on NIST's Disaster and Failure Studies Program and implementation of recommendations that resulted from its investigation into the tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011.
The presentations highlighted the impor...