\u201cBuilding is about to blow up, move it back\u2026. We are walking back, there\u2019s a building about to blow up. Flame and debris coming down\u201d; and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWHEREAS, numerous experts in controlled demolition and structural engineering have attested that the collapse of WTC 7 could have only been caused by controlled demolition, as exemplified in the following statement made by Dutch demolition expert Danny Jowenko after viewing video of the collapse: \u201cThis is controlled demolition\u2026. It\u2019s been imploded. It\u2019s a hired job, done by a team of experts\u201d; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, in spite of the fact that WTC 7 had only few, small, and scattered fires and modest structural damage, the NYC Office of Emergency Management and the New York Fire Department predicted the collapse of WTC 7 with extraordinary confidence and precision, deciding to establish a safety zone around WTC 7 early in the afternoon and waiting several hours in anticipation of the building\u2019s collapse; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, local authorities were so certain of WTC 7\u2019s eventual collapse that anticipation of the collapse was widely reported in the media, as exemplified by MSNBC\u2019s Ashleigh Banfield, who reported, \u201cI\u2019ve heard several reports from several different officers now that that is the building that is gonna go down next. In fact, one officer told me they\u2019re just waiting for that to come down at this point\u201d \u2014 and by the BBC, who erroneously began reporting the collapse 23 minutes before it actually occurred; and Copyright 2016, The American Institute of Architects 38 Washington, DC<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, in spite of the fact that local authorities predicted the collapse of WTC 7 with extraordinary confidence and precision, investigators for the Building Performance Study, conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), were \u201cstunned\u201d by the collapse of WTC 7 and concluded in May 2002: \u201cThe specifics of the fires in WTC 7 and how they caused the building to collapse remain unknown at this time. Although the total diesel fuel on the premises contained massive potential energy, the best hypothesis has only a low probability of occurrence\u201d; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, three and a half years after the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began its investigation into the World Trade Center disaster, NIST\u2019s lead investigator, Dr. Shyam Sunder, stated that NIST had some \u201cpreliminary hypotheses,\u201d but conceded, \u201c[T]ruthfully, I don\u2019t really know. We\u2019ve had trouble getting a handle on building No. 7\u201d; and WHEREAS, NIST finally concluded in its 2008 report that the collapse of WTC 7 was caused by \u201cnormal office fires,\u201d thus abandoning earlier hypotheses that diesel fuel fires or structural damage caused the collapse; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, according to NIST, the fires that it alleges triggered the total collapse of WTC 7 burned at temperatures \u201chundreds of degrees below those typically considered in design practice for establishing structural fire resistance ratings\u201d; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, NIST neglected to examine steel from WTC 7 with a \u201cSwiss cheese appearance\u201d that had been attacked by molten iron \u2014 as documented in Appendix C of the FEMA\/ASCE Building Performance Study \u2014 and instead falsely alleged that no identifiable steel was recovered from WTC 7; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, in its draft report for public comment, NIST falsely denied that WTC 7 entered free fall, and then acknowledged the occurrence of free fall in its final report, but falsely alleged that the occurrence of free fall was consistent with its computer model, which, in fact, does not show a period of free fall, nor does it come close to replicating the observed collapse; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, NIST\u2019s computer model omitted critical structural features of WTC 7, which, in the opinion of independent engineers, had they been included, the computer model would have shown that NIST\u2019s alleged collapse initiation mechanism had zero probability of occurring; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, NIST has refused to release key portions of its modeling data to engineers studying the collapse of WTC 7, claiming that to do so \u201cmight jeopardize public safety\u201d; and Copyright 2016, The American Institute of Architects 39 Washington, DC<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, thousands of members of the architecture and engineering professions, including the 97 sponsors of this resolution, believe there is sufficient evidence contradicting NIST\u2019s explanation of the collapse of WTC 7 to warrant a new investigation. NOW,<\/p>\n
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the AIA Board of Directors shall commence the process to adopt a Position Statement, to be published in the AIA Directory of Public Policies and Position Statements, stating both:<\/p>\n
\n- The AIA\u2019s belief that incidents involving the catastrophic failure of buildings and other structures must be investigated using the highest standards of science-based investigation and analysis; and<\/li>\n
- The AIA\u2019s support for a new investigation into the total collapse of WTC 7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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