The National Institute of Standards and Technology is continuing to help engineers learn from failures through the development of its Disaster and Failure Events Data Repository (ENR 4/25/11 p. 14).
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Many non-structural components in buildings such as furnishing, equipment, electrical and mechanical fixtures, architectural features (e.g., suspended ceilings), storage cabinets, shelves, and glass ...