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The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing
In response to HUD's request, the NRC assembled a panel of experts, the Committee for Oversight and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, under the …
Investments in Federal Facilities
Facilities now owned by the Federal Government are valued at over $300 billion. It also spends over $25 billion per year for acquisition, renovation, and upkeep. Despite the size …
Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program
The water impounded behind a dam can be used to generate power and to provide water for drinking, irrigation, commerce, industry, and recreation. However, if a dam fails, the water …
Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing
In response to HUD's request, the NRC assembled a panel of experts, the Committee for Oversight and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, under the …
Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities
The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact …
ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects
In November 1999, GSA and the U.S. Department of State convened a symposium to discuss the apparently conflicting objectives of security from terrorist attack and the design of …
Making the Nation Safe from Fire
The committee that prepared this report was charged with assessing the state of fire safety research and describing the potential role of the NSF in improving fire safety in the …
Research Agenda for Test Methods and Models to Simulate the Accelerated Aging of Infrastructure Materials
In the next several decades, a significant percentage of the country's transportation, communications, environmental, and power system infrastructures, as well as public buildings …
Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities
The United States real property portfolio is critical infrastructure that provides places and means for the federal government to operate and generate the products, services, …
Managing Construction and Infrastructure in the 21st Century Bureau of Reclamation
In the more than 100 years since its formation, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of Interior (DOI), through its construction program, has brought water, electric …
Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy
In 1997, Congress, in the conference report, H.R. 105-271, to the FY1998 Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill, directed the NRC to carry out a series of assessments of …
Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is influenced by building design; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; and construction materials, as well as by building …