September 11 Digital Archive

Les Robertson, WTC Engineer [Interview]

Title

Les Robertson, WTC Engineer [Interview]

Description

Les Robertson, the head WTC engineer, talks about testing the buildings for sway and plays recordings in which you can hear the building creaking in the wind.

Sonic memorial comments

CD sent from KS, 1 track.

Sonic memorial contact

We have a few different Les Robertson pieces. They kind of overlap so I only made one browsable. I think he knows about the website because he sent us his photos. Davia DAT. We have unlimited release.

Sonic memorial creation date

1969-01-01

Sonic memorial duration

05:57:00

Sonic memorial is browsable

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Sonic memorial keyword

Architecture
Construction
Port Authority
Work

Sonic memorial name

SMS082?

Sonic memorial permission

web

Sonic memorial source ref name

SMS706.aiff

Sonic memorial source type

interview

Sonic memorial status

active

Source

digitally recorded

Media Type

audio

Citation

“Les Robertson, WTC Engineer [Interview],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/95423/.