New York's Building Code Reflects High-Rise Concerns.

This article reports that a series of revisions to New York City's building code, based partly on lessons learned from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, are coming up for legislative and mayoral approval this summer. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, for instance, is analyzing stair enclosures, building hardening, new products and elevator enclosures without concrete or concrete block that could affect structural loads.