1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov June 30, 2021Surfside Building Collapse: The Role of the National Construction Safety Team Act and the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyFollowing the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks, there was a recognition among policymakers that no federal a
2、gency had principal responsibility for investigating building failures. To address this gap, Congress enacted the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Act (P.L. 107-231) in October 2002 authorizing the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory agency of the Departme
3、nt of Commerce, to establish teams to investigate building failures. NCST Act authorities are similar to those of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the federal agency that investigates transportation accidents. At about 1:15 a.m. EDT, on June 24, 2021, part of a 12-story residential b
4、uilding collapsed in Surfside, FL, killing at least 12 people and leaving 149 unaccounted for as of the date of this In Focus. NIST has deployed a team of six, including the team leader, to collect first-hand information about the event. The immediate objectives for this team are to ensure that crit
