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Resilience

NIST's resilience research focuses on the impact of multiple hazards on buildings and communities and on post-disaster studies that can provide the technical basis for improved standards, codes, and practices used in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure systems.

NIST leads several national efforts to develop guidance and tools to help communities improve the resilience of their buildings and infrastructure systems: Community Resilience, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP), Fire Protection and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), Wind Engineering, Progressive Collapse, and Disaster and Failure Studies.

News and Updates

NIST Engineers Design 5 New Ways to Connect Concrete Pieces for More Resilient Buildings

Champlain Towers South Investigation Nears Completion of Technical Work

NIST to Provide Updates on Construction Safety Team Investigations in September Advisory Committee Meeting

Blog Posts

The Highs and Lows of Studying the Aftermath of One of Turkey’s Deadliest Earthquakes

How My Childhood Fascination With Bridges Helped Me Build a Career Protecting People and Buildings From Natural Disasters

Hurricane Maria Recollections, Software Nostalgia, The Brothers Engineering: A Sample of Stories on NIST Social Media

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