- Author
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Fowell, A. J.
- Title
- White Papers Prepared for the White House: Construction Industry Workshop on National Construction Goals.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5610,
1994,
152 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900. Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Book or Conf
- White Papers Prepared for the White House: Construction Industry Workshop on National Construction Goals. December 14-16, 1994,
Fowell, A. J., Editors,
1994
- Keywords
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construction
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industries
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research programs
|
competitiveness
- Identifiers
- Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF)
- Abstract
- This report contains sever white papers prepared for a December 1994 White House--Construction Industry workshop organized by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation on behalf of the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Construction and Building. The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), a cabinet-level group charged with setting Federal technology policy, coordinates R&D strategies across a broad cross-section of public and private interests. It has established nine research and development committees, including the Committee on Civilian Industrial Technology (CCIT), to collaborate with the private sector in developing a comprehensive national technology policy. The Subcommittee on Construction and Building (C&B) of CCIT coordinates and defines priorities for Federal research, development and deployment related to the industries that produce, operate and maintain constructed facilities, including buildings and infrastructure. In preparation for the workshop the steering committee asked selected industry leaders to prepare seven white papers on the industry goals, barriers to reaching those goals, and the perspective of five sectors of the industry, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and public works. Those white papers are presented in this document. The results of the workshop are contained in a separate report, "National Construction Goals: A Construction Industry Perspective," prepared by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation.