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- Title
- Building Technology Project Summaries, 1980-1981.
- File
- PB82106105.pdf
- Author(s)
- Raufaste, N.; Olmert, M.
- Source
- July 1981, 92 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NBS-SP-446-5
- Abstract
- The mission of the Center for Building Technology (CBT) is to increase the usefulness, safety, and economy of buildings through the advancement of building technology and its application to the improvement of building practice. CBT's research activities support the building technology programs of Federal, State, and local governments; assist the design professions, building officials, and the research community by developing improved design criteria; and assist manufacturers of building products by developing methods for evaluating innovative materials, components, and systems. CBT provides an objective source of technical information for national consensus standards and model code organizations. Close cooperation with these groups leads to standard practices that meet the needs of the regulatory authorities of State and local governments. Research providing the knowledge for these standard practices is conducted in cooperation with Government, university, and industry laboratories. This report summarizes CBT's research for 1980-1981. Each summary lists the project title, its progress, point of contact within CBT, and sponsor.
- Keywords
- Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Environmental engineering; Solar energy; Energy conservation; Technology assessment; Safety; Economics; Construction materials; Management planning; Structural analysis; Research projects; Construction management; Construction industry