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- Title
- Project Summaries 1996: NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory.
- File
- PB97121818.pdf
- Author(s)
- Raufaste, N. J.
- Source
- September 1996, 232 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NIST/SP-838-10
- Abstract
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST), Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) is one NIST's seven Laboratories. The mission of BFRL is to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. industry and public safety through performance prediction and measurement technologies and technical advances that improve the life cycle quality of constructed facilities. Constructed facilities include all buildings and their furnishings and the public and private utilities and public works that support business, commerce, industry, and homes. BFRL's efforts are closely coordinated with complementary activities of industry, professional and trade organizations, academe, and other agencies of government. BFRL's research is in the areas of: structural engineering, materials engineering, mechanical and environmental systems, fire safety and engineering, fire science, and applied economics.
- Keywords
- ; Fire safety; Structural engineering; Building; Research management; Standards; Flammability testing; Construction materials; Safety engineering; United States; Fires; Earthquake engineering; Testing laboratories; Building codes; Construction