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The objective of the Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings and Infrastructure Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science … more

NIST is designated by Congress as the Lead Agency for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This NIST project supports … more

Structural collapse demand and capacity are not clearly defined or directly simulated in current Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) … more

The objective of the Fire Risk Reduction in Communities Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to improve the resilience … more

This project supports the refinement by 2015 of key seismic provisions in U.S. model building codes and standards that are used for modeling and … more

This project provides proposed refinement of key prescriptive seismic provisions in U.S. model building codes and standards concerning: … more

The large-scale structures testing facility consists of a universal testing machine (UTM), and a 13.7m-high reaction buttress equipped with a … more

As the federal government's principal fire research laboratory, EL maintains some of the country's best and most extensive fire testing … more

The tri-directional test facility is a computer-controlled apparatus capable of applying cyclic loads simultaneously in three directions. It is … more