Support of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment

这一奖项代表基础设施和建筑环境委员会(BICE)继续提供部分支持。1994年，国家研究理事会通过其工程和物理科学部建立了BICE，以调查适用于城市系统和服务的技术、科学和公共政策问题；地上和地下建设；已建环境与自然环境之间的关系及其与人类活动的相互作用；自然灾害对已建设施的影响；以及已建环境的规划、设计、施工管理、担保和使用等相关问题。BICE在一个独立的论坛中汇集了来自广泛的科学、工程和社会科学学科的专业知识，以解决基础设施和建筑环境的问题和问题。BICE提供了一个独特的结构来回应政府的具体要求，或者在公共或私营部门的支持下主动采取行动。为了实现其目标，BICE计划为研究、研讨会、研讨会和各种信息传播活动进行持续的战略规划。BICE还与国家科学基金会在纽约大学瓦格纳研究生院建立的民用基础设施研究所(ICIS)开展综合和协调的活动。在接下来的一年里，BICE还将在其活动中包括关注极端事件、复杂性和相互依存的主题。

This award represents continued partial support of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE). The National Research Council, through its Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, established the BICE in 1994 to investigate questions of technology, science, and public policy applied to urban systems and services; above ground and underground construction; the relationship between the constructed and natural environments, and their interaction with human activities; the effects of natural hazards on constructed facilities; and related issues of planning, design, construction management, surety, and use of the built environment. The BICE brings together in an independent forum expertise from a wide range of scientific, engineering, and social science disciplines to address problems and issues of infrastructure and the build environment. The BICE provides a unique structure to respond to specific requests from government, or to act on its own initiative with public or private sector support. In pursuit of its goals, BICE plans to conduct on-going strategic planning for studies, workshops, symposia, and a variety of information dissemination activities. The BICE also develops integrated and coordinated activities with the Institute for Civil Infrastructure (ICIS), established by NSF at the Wagner Graduate School at New York University. During the coming year, BICE will also include themes focused on extreme events, complexity, and interdependencies in their activities.