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Approximately 60 structural engineers and other building community specialists attended the July 10-12, 2002 invitation-only National Workshop on Prevention of Progressive Collapse in Rosemont, Illinois. The workshop was organized by the MMC with funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in cooperation with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, General Services Administration, and U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center. It featured the presentation of 10 papers on specific design and research topics related to progressive collapse and three working groups that met separately to consider codes and standards, structural systems and analytical tools, and existing buildings. The workshop deliberations resulted in a final report that is expected to serve as the basis for an action plan to integrate progressive collapse prevention into standard design practice and relevant building codes and standards.  

Final Report  (in pdf)

Papers were presented by the following:
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Joseph G. Burns, Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers
James R. Cagley, Cagley & Associates
W. Gene Corley, Construction Technology Laboratories
John Crawford, Karagozian & Case Structural Engineers
Donald O. Dusenberry, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Bruce R. Ellingwood, Georgia Institute of Technology
Frank Tyboroski, DTRA, presented a paper by Young Sohn and Robert Hall
David Brian Moore, Centre for Structural Engineering
David M. Scott, Arup
Robert Smilowitz, Weidlinger Associates

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