- Author
- Wright, R. N.
- Title
- Civil Infrastructure Systems Research: Government Perspective.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Technical Report MCEER-98-0017
- Contract
- INT-95-12844
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Joint Seminar on Civil Infrastructure Systems Research. Proceedings. August 28-30, 1997, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineeing Research,, Honolulu, HI, Shinozuka, M.; Rose, A., Editors, 243-248 p., 1997
- Keywords
- building construction | construction
- Abstract
- The U.S. federal agencies' strategy for research, development and deployment in support of the industries of construction has been developed with these industries by the Subcommittee on Construction and Building of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technological Innovation. The vision is a competitive U.S. industry producing high quality, economical, sustainable and hazard resistant constructed facilities. Goals have been established for better constructed facilities and improved health and safety of construction workers. Numerous cooperative activities addressing the goals are underway.