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Call for Papers: NCSBCS/NIST/HUD
Technical Research Conference

28th Annual NCSBCS Conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico
November 1-2, 1995

Papers are being requested for presentation at a technical research conference sponsored by the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The papers should deal with innovative approaches to the building regulatory process in the United States--including approaches that have not been implemented or are being researched--and should describe how the innovation would correct shortcomings in the present system.

Conference organizers have selected six topics for presentation papers:

  • New and rehabilitated affordable single- and multifamily residential structures (site- built, industrialized/modular, and manufactured housing, or any mix of these).
  • Computer technology and data management.
  • Building technologies and materials.
  • The effect of statewide building codes on State and local economic development and international economic competitiveness.
  • Deficiencies or redundancies in the current building regulatory system.
  • The interface between the U.S. and the Canadian, Mexican, and other international building regulatory and product approval systems.

    • To be considered as a presenter, submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to NCSBCS by May 15, 1995. All submitters will be notified by May 31 if their papers are selected; complete technical papers will be due at NCSBCS by September 30, 1995. Presenters are invited to attend the 2-day technical research conference at no charge. In the winter of 1995--96, the conference proceedings will be published and forwarded to Federal, State, and local governments for their consideration.

    Abstracts should be mailed to Ann Holland at the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc., 505 Huntmar Park Drive, Suite 210, Herndon, VA 22070, or faxed to her attention at (703) 481-3596. For more information, contact Ms. Holland at (703) 437-0100.


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