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Institution

National Bureau of Standards

A grand, symmetrical building with columns and a sign reading "NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS" stands at the center, illuminated by warm lights, symbolizing the historic U.S. federal measurement laboratory.

The U.S. federal measurement laboratory, founded 1901 and renamed the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1988. Its building-research division conducted the official forensic investigation of the Hyatt collapse, published as Building Science Series 143 in 1982. The report became the template for how American agencies investigate structural failures, later applied at the World Trade Center and elsewhere.

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