1. The Role of Construction in Homeland Security
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Arden Bement, Director

2. National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST’s mission is to develop and promote measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life.
NIST Assets Include:
3,000 employees
1,600 guest researchers
$820 million annual budget
NIST Laboratories -- National measurement standards
Advanced Technology Program $640 million current R&D partnerships with industry
Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers nationwide to help small manufacturers
Baldrige National Quality Award
NIST mission and assets
$800 million annual budget includes approximately $633 million appropriation plus approximately $110 million in fees and contracts plus approximately $60 million in carry-over
1,200 industrial partners indicates CRADA partners and other relationships
2,000 field agents in MEP Centers and Offices providing hands-on support to U.S. small manufacturers
1,500 guest researchers annually at NIST labs provide infusion of new ideas and talent and take NIST ideas back to universities, industry, and national labs. Guest researchers from across the world.
$1.5 billion in federal contributions to ATP since matched by $1.5 billion from industry.
NIST labs maintain the U.S. national standards for all fundamental measurements (length, time, mass, electric current, etc.) and for dozens of derived measurements

3. NIST Role in Homeland Security
Bridgeport, NJ facility
Mail Irradiation

4. World Trade Center Buildings
One of worst-ever building disasters.
Unprecedented death and destruction in any single U.S. event.
Never before have over 400 emergency responders lost their lives in a single incident.
Unprepared for dramatic collapse of buildings occupied and in use.

5. Proposed NIST Response Plan
BPAT
Recommendations
WTC
Investigation
R&D
Govt.
Industry
Professional
Academic
Inputs/Actions
Dissemination and Technical
Assistance Program
Public Inputs/
Efforts
Technical Basis for Improved
Building and Fire Codes
and Standards
Guidance and Tools for
Improved Practices
Owners, Contractors, Designers,
Emergency Responders and
Regulatory Authorities
Standards and Code
Development Organizations

6. Lessons To Be Learned Structural Fire Protection
Dynamics of building fires and collapse vulnerability
General methodologies for fire safety design & retrofit
Performance of fireproofing materials and connections
Safety & performance of open-web steel trussed joists under fires
Collapse mechanisms and role of pivotal components such as transfer girders and floor diaphragms

7. Lessons To Be Learned Life Safety
Firefighting & evacuation technologies/practices for tall buildings
Control of fire spread in buildings with potentially large open floor plans
Command, control, and communication systems for emergency response

8. Lessons To Be Learned Engineering Practice
Process for innovative systems and systems requiring code variances
Margin of safety to accommodate abnormal loads
Smart sensing, IT integration, and automation

9. Desired Outcome Make buildings safer.
Enhance safety of fire and emergency responders.
Better protect occupants and property in future.
Better emergency response capabilities and procedures in future disasters.

10. NIST and the World Trade Center

11. TISP Steering Committee
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Facilities Council (FFC)
Associated General Contractors (AGC)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Construction Industry Institute (CII)
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

12. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award was established by Congress in
1987 to promote quality awareness, to
recognize quality achievements of U.S.
companies, and to publicize successful
quality strategies. In conjunction with
the private sector, NIST developed and
manages the award program. Three
awards may be given annually in each
of five categories: manufacturing,
service, small business, education, and
health care.

13. Working Together The challenges… The outcome hinges on us. Thank you.
Homeland security
Economy and global competitiveness
Technological change
Striving for excellence
The outcome hinges on us.
Thank you.