Army Corps of Engineers honors NIST participants in the Pentagon rebuilding effort. (General Developments).Following the terrorist incidents The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism. Massacres more generally are listed chronologically at List of massacres; assassinations are listed by location at List of assassinated people. of Sept. 11, 2001, the Army Corps of Engineers organized a group to advise the Pentagon renovation construction effort to ensure that best practices were followed during rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. of the Pentagon in order to mitigate such attacks in the future. The team included a wide range of expertise in safety, security, and construction, including including NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. staff members. They have been recognized by the Corps in a special citation that reads, in part: "The cross disciplinary team, including John Gross, Walter Jones Walter Jones can refer to:
v. ret·ro·fit·ted or ret·ro·fit, ret·ro·fit·ting, ret·ro·fits v.tr. 1. To provide (a jet, automobile, computer, or factory, for example) with parts, devices, or equipment not in Program Study in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attack. This study was conducted in support of the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, and team members came from several Army laboratories as well as other federal agencies and civilian institutions. This extremely high visibility study resulted in a number of options to improve the efficiency or performance of protective measures for the Pentagon." CONTACT: Walter Jones, (301) 975-6887; wwj@nist.gov. |
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