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The Pentagon was constructed between September 1941 and January 1943. A substantial renovation of the entire 6.6millionsqft (610,000sqm) facility began in 1999 and is scheduled for completion in 2010. On September 11, 2001, a hijacked commercial airliner crashed into the building. One-hundred eighty-nine persons were killed and a portion of the building was damaged by the associated impact, deflagration, and fire.

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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 19Issue 3August 2005
Pages: 189 - 196

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Received: Oct 27, 2004
Accepted: Jan 21, 2005
Published online: Aug 1, 2005
Published in print: Aug 2005

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Paul F. Mlakar [email protected]
Senior Research Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180. E-mail: [email protected]
Donald O. Dusenberry [email protected]
Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., 41 Seyon St., Building 1, Suite 500, Waltham, MA 02453. E-mail: [email protected]
James R. Harris [email protected]
Principal, J.R. Harris & Company, 1580 Lincoln St., Suite 770, Denver, CO 80203-1509. E-mail: [email protected]
Gerald Haynes [email protected]
Fire Protection Engineer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Arson & Explosives Division, 800 K St., NW, Room 710, Washington, DC 20001. E-mail: [email protected]
Long T. Phan [email protected]
Research Structural Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Building 226, Room B-158, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. E-mail: [email protected]
Mete A. Sozen [email protected]
Kettelhut Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering, Purdue Univ., School of Civil Engineering, 129G Civil Engineering Building, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1284. E-mail: [email protected]

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