Annual Progress Report for Streamlining the Nation's Building Regulatory Process211 Project (for Grant Period December 1997 to October 1998)

摘要

The report describes the progress made during the second year of the Streamlining211u001ethe Nation's Building Regulatory Process Project, conceived and initiated by the 211u001eNational Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc. (NCSBCS), 211u001ewith the assistance of 54 national partners and funding from Federal agencies and 211u001ein-kind services. This report includes: (1) Executive summaries and 211u001eimplementation plans of the 28 model programs produced since the Project's 211u001einception, presenting examples of innovative regulatory processes and 211u001eadministrtive tools submitted by various jurisdictions across the United States; 211u001e(2) Chart describing the elements of a complete building regulatory systems; (3) 211u001eAn analysis of the elements already covered by models developed in this project; 211u001e(4) A summary of next steps to be taken in this project as it progresses into the 211u001ethird year; (5) A summary of in-kind services provided by NCSBCS and 54 other 211u001enational partners in this initiative; (6) A disk containing a Power Point 211u001epresentation on the Streamlining project; (7) Several news articles on the 211u001eproject; (8) Agendas for upcoming NCSBCS in-kind Symposium and Workshops.