April 27, 2008
Reports of the investigations into the Willow Island Disaster
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Investigation of Construction Failure of Reinforced Concrete Cooling Tower At Willow Island, West Virginia, by Center for Building Technology, National Engineering Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards.

  • Part 1 (0.8MB)
  • Part 2 (0.7MB)
  • Appendix A (1.2MB)
  • Appendix B (2.5MB)
  • Appendix C (0.7MB)
  • Governor's Commission on Willow Island: Report to the Governor and the Legislature (1MB)

    A Citizens Investigation of the Willow Island Scaffold Disaster (0.5MB)

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