Summary of Federal Construction, Building, and Housing Related Research & Development in FY1999
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Investments in new construction and building typically represent 8 to 10 percent of the nation's GDP, with more than 40 percent of this investment being for new housing.
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This AnalysisThis publication presents the results of a search of the "Research andDevelopment in the United States" (RaDiUS) database. The search sought toidentify all federally funded research and development (R&D) activities relatedto the fields of construction, building, and housing in fiscal year 1999.This search was jointly requested by the National Science and TechnologyCouncil's (NSTC) Subcommittee on Construction and Building (C&B) and thePartnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH).This report and the corresponding data file transmitted to the C&BSubcommittee and PATH are intended to increase understanding of the federalgovernments' R&D portfolio related to construction and building, as well as thesubset of R&D related to housing. This information should help: public and private sector R&D sponsors manage their portfolios, researchers and businesses find and learn about federal R&D, increase the coordination and leveraging of public and private R&Defforts.This report should be of interest to government managers, the private sector, andacademic researchers.The S&T Policy InstituteOriginally created by Congress in 1991 as the Critical Technologies Institute andrenamed in 1998, the Science and Technology Policy Institute is a federallyfunded research and development center sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation and managed by RAND. The Institute's mission is to help improvepublic policy by conducting objective, independent research and analysis onpolicy issues that involve science and technology. To this end, the Institute supports the Office of Science and Technology Policy and otherExecutive Branch agencies, offices, and councils helps science and technology decisionmakers understand the likelyconsequences of their decisions and choose among alternative policies helps improve understanding in both the public and private sectors ofthe ways in which science and technology can better serve nationalobjectives.Science and Technology Policy Institute research focuses on problems of scienceand technology policy that involve multiple agencies. In carrying out its mission,the Institute consults broadly with representatives from private industry,institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit institutions.Inquiries regarding the Science and Technology Policy Institute may be directedto the addresses below.
Summary of Federal Construction, Building, and Housing Related Research & Development in FY1999
Summary of Federal Construction, Building, and Housing Related Research & Development in FY1999,Scott Hassell,RAND Corporation,0833030310,Engineering - Civil,General,Science,Science/Mathematics,Technology & Industrial Arts,Non-Classifiable
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