Workshops: Metrication in Federal Construction

经1988年《综合贸易和竞争力法》修订的1975年《公制转换法》要求所有联邦机构在1992年9月之前使用公制系统开展业务，目的是提高国家在世界市场上的竞争力，并降低政府自身运作的成本。根据该法案，美国国家建筑科学研究所正在向美国跨部门公制政策委员会公制运行委员会的建设小组委员会提供技术和行政支持，以努力在联邦建筑中实施公制测量系统。PI建议促进和监督美国设计和施工实践的公制转换，传播信息，发展提高认识计划，并支持美国在国际标准方面的活动。

The 1975 Metric Conversion Act, as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, requires that all Federal agencies conduct their business using the metric system of measurement by September 1992, with the intent of increasing the nation's competitiveness in the world marketplace and reducing the cost of the government's own operations. Pursuant to this Act, the National Institute of Building Sciences is providing technical and administrative support to the Construction Subcommittee of the Metric Operating Committee of the U.S. Interagency Council on Metric Policy in its efforts to implement the metric system of measurement in Federal construction. PI proposed to promote and monitor the metric conversion of design and construction practices in the U.S., to disseminate information, to develop awareness program and to support U.S. activities in international standards.