Subcommittee on Construction and Building, National Science and Technology Council

该奖项为国家科学技术理事会下属的建筑和建筑小组委员会（C B）的运作提供支持。C B小组委员会的运作由NIST管理。该小组委员会是协调联邦机构活动的有效组织，这些活动对建筑和建筑监管机构和行业非常重要。C& B小组委员会有几个正在进行的项目，包括：一个精简国家建筑监管系统的项目，由国家建筑法规和标准会议执行;住房和城市发展部领导的住房先进技术伙伴关系;以及与土木工程研究基金会协调的推进基础设施及其更新伙伴关系（PAIR）以及国家研究理事会的基础设施和建筑环境委员会（BICE）。

This award provides support to the operation of the Subcommittee on Construction and Building (C&B) which operates under the National Science and Technology Council. The operation of the C&B Subcommittee is managed through NIST. This subcommittee is an effective organization in coordinating activities of federal agencies that are important for the construction and building regulatory agencies and industries. The C&B Subcommittee has several on-going projects, including:a project to streamline the nation's building regulatory system, performed by the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards; the Partnership for Advanced Technology in Housing (PATH), lead by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the Partnership for Advancing the Infrastructure and its Renewal (PAIR) which is coordinated with the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF) and the National Research Council's Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE.