Technology Roadmap: Information Technology to Accelerate and Streamline Home Building. Year One Progress Report

摘要

This document is one in a series of technology roadmaps created to serve as guides to help the housing industry make decisions about research and development investments. The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is focused on improving the affordability and value of new and existing homes. To improve America's housing, PATH has identified research and established priorities for technology development that will enable the home building industry to work toward the PATH mission. This priority setting process, known as Roadmapping, has brought together many industry stakeholders, including builders, remodelers, trade contractors, material and product suppliers, financial representatives, codes and standards officials, and public sector R&D sponsors. To date, the group's work has led to the development of three technology roadmaps: Information Technology to Accelerate and Streamline Home Building, Advanced Panelized Construction, and Whole House and Building Process Redesign. This document focuses specifically on activities and strategies that will lead to improvements in Information Technology systems for the home building industry. It describes a need to develop a common language to communicate across the residential construction process, streamline the regulatory process, build a non-commercial information portal, and create production management systems from concept to closure.