Columns Likely Failed First in Terrorist-Triggered WTC Fires 6/28/2004
The June 18 announcement in New York City, made by Shyam Sunder of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., implies that floor trusses, under close scrutiny since 9/11, did not fail first.
This seems to confirm the findings of the team of consultants working for Silverstein Properties, the WTC leaseholder, says Richard L. Tomasetti, co-chairman of Thornton-Tomasetti Group, New York City, and a member of Silversteins team (ENR 11/04/02 p. 12).