ISO OFFERS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY USEFUL MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE
May 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLMANY lessons have been learned from the tragic deaths of 2,974 people in the World Trade Centre attacks of September 11, and one of the most important for the construction industry could be that fire insulation of steel structures need better protection against major impacts. A major investigation by the USA's National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded that had "the fireproofing had not been dislodged or only minimally dislodged by the aircraft impact, the buildings would likely not have collapsed under the combined effects of ...
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