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Mitrani-Reiser highlighted eyewitness accounts of building issues in the weeks
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Key facts
- On Sept. 23 and 24, 2026, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) convened a two-day meeting of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee — This was the first NCST Advisory Committee meeting since the Champlain Towers South investigation team released its technical findings in June 2026
- Today NIST has released two new NCST Insider videos featuring Jonathan Weigand, co-lead of the building and code history project, and Scott Jones, co-lead of the materials science project
- Team Lead Joe Main and Associate Lead Maria Dillard provided an update of the Hurricane Maria investigation, including their first presentation to the committee of the team’s draft principal findings
Summary
On Sept. 23 and 24, 2026, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) convened a two-day meeting of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee. The presentations highlighted the importance of NIST applying its own expertise and the expertise of others through collaborations and contracts, as well as the extensive data collection, testing, modeling and more that goes into each investigation. The committee members commended NIST’s teams on their work on the active investigations and their efforts to see previous recommendations implemented. In her remarks, investigation co-lead Judith Mitrani-Reiser noted the extensive coordination that ensured that search and rescue operations were not interrupted by efforts to preserve potential evidence. This was the first NCST Advisory Committee meeting since the Champlain Towers South investigation team released its technical findings in June 2026.