Core Support for the Board on Infrastructure & the Constructed Environment

该奖项代表了基础设施和建筑环境委员会（BICE）的持续部分支持。国家研究委员会通过其工程和物理科学部于1994年建立了BICE，以调查应用于城市系统和服务的技术、科学和公共政策问题；地上、地下建筑；人造环境与自然环境之间的关系，以及它们与人类活动的相互作用；自然灾害对已建成设施的影响；以及规划、设计、施工管理、保证和使用建筑环境的相关问题。BICE在一个独立的论坛上汇集了来自科学、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。BICE提供了一个独特的结构来响应政府的具体要求，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计划对处理各种基础设施问题的研究、研讨会、专题讨论会和信息传播活动进行持续的战略规划。过去，BICE与美国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）协调活动，目前与核管理委员会灾害圆桌会议（NRC Disasters Roundtable）合作。在接下来的一年里，BICE将继续探讨极端事件、复杂系统和关键基础设施保护等主题。

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 information dissemination activities dealing with a variety of infrastructure issues. In the past, the BICE has coordinated activities with the Institute for Civil Infrastructure (ICIS), established by NSF at the Wagner Graduate School at New York University and currently collaborates with the NRC Disasters Roundtable. During the coming year, BICE will continue to explore themes focused on extreme events, complex systems, and critical infrastructure protection.