Reports

Buildings are complex and becoming more so as owners and policymakers demand particular levels of performance. The focus is no longer…

Given the gravity of manmade and natural hazard events of the last decade, designing buildings that not only offer resistance, but…

On September 25, 2008, the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences appointed a Task Group to review the…

In December 1968, the United States Federal Government’s National Commission on Urban Problems sounded an alarm. The Commission had…

The United States enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world. One contributing component of this standard of living is…

From 2000 to 2005, the MMC, commissioned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), conducted a Congressionally mandated…

A study of five remarkable buildings performed by the National Institute of Building Sciences' Facility Maintenance & Operations…

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures is a…