Debris Impact Testing
ICC-ES/NTA and NSSA have partnered allowing active NSSA members to receive 15% discount on Labeling & Listing services. Membership will be verified for discount to apply.
If manufacturer is not an active NSSA member, they must have an open application for membership with NSSA to qualify for the 15% discount on services. The discount will only be applied upon NSSA membership being completed & verified.
Please use their contacts below to start the process:
ICC-ES ICC-NTA
Brian Miller – Sales Manager Clint Barnett – Account Manager
Cell: 205-283-9036 Cell: 626- 221-6258
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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Please note Texas Tech is no longer offering debris impact testing services for standard compliance. If you are not interested in taking advantage of the ICC-ES/NTA Partnership other labs that provide these services are listed below:
Intertek UL
Anne Whitson Rhonda Schotz
[email protected] [email protected]
(608)824-7415 (847) 664-8273
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Based on 30 years of post-disaster investigations of tornadoes and hurricanes, researchers at Texas Tech University concluded by 1999 that the missile that best represents tornado wind-borne debris is likely to perforate common building assemblies is a 2×4 weighing up to 15 pounds. The required design wind speed of 250mph would result in the 2×4 traveling at 100mph.
Texas Tech University, National Wind Institute Debris Impact Facility constructed one of the first test labs to recreate these conditions. It is this reason that most of the impact tests have been conducted at this facility in past years for members of NSSA.
In recent years other laboratories in addition to Texas Tech have been set up to provide impact and pressure testing for safe room components.