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USER PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS: (Summary of a Symposium)
Technical Report
No. 128
USER PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS
(Summary of a Symposium)
Federal Facilities Council
Consulting Committee on Construction Specifications
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1995
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NOTICE
The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) (formerly the Federal ConstructionCouncil) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructureand the Constructed Environment (BICE) of the National Research Council(NRC). The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperationamong the sponsoring federal agencies and between the agencies andother elements of the building community in order to advance buildingscience and technology--particularly with regard to the design, construction,and operation of federal facilities. Currently, 18 agencies sponsorthe FFC:
Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer
Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Department of Energy, Office of Project and Facilities Management
Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction Management
General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities EngineeringOffice
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and FireResearch Laboratory
National Endowment for the Arts, Design Program
National Science Foundation, Structural Systems and ConstructionProcesses Program
Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Service
U.S. Information Agency, Voice of America
U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Management
U.S. Postal Service, Facilities.
As part of its activities, the FFC periodically publishes reportslike this one that have been prepared by committees of governmentemployees. Since these committees are not appointed by the NRC, theydo not make recommendations, and their reports are considered FFCpublications rather than NRC publications.
For further information on the FFC program or FFC reports, pleasewrite to: Executive Secretary, Federal Facilities Council, Boardon Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, 2101 ConstitutionAvenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20418.
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FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL
CONSULTING COMMITTEE ON CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
Chairman
Mr. William W. Aird,
P.E., CEM, Specification Specialist, Alexandria, Virginia
Members
Mr. Donald R. Belew,
CCS, AIA, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Robert J. Berg,
Office of Construction Management, Department of Veterans Affairs,Washington, DC
Mr. Ford Chinworth,
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy, Alexandria,Virginia
Ms. Rassa Darwoodpour,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Mr. Steve Gordey,
Air National Guard, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
Mr. Stanley N. Hall,
Office of Foreign Buildings Operations, Department of State, Washington,DC
Ms. Lynn Jones,
Voice of America, U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC
Mr. Al Lew,
Facilities Engineering Division, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Washington, DC
Mr. James A. Quinn,
Engineering Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama
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Mr. Thomas Rutherford,
P.E., Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations,Engineering, and Construction, Falls Church, Virginia
Mr. Rodger Seeman,
Criteria Management Section, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,Washington, DC
Mr. Larry Spangler,
Directorate of Systems Engineering, Department of the Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
Mr. David Spurway,
Voice of America, U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC
Mr. David Weems,
P.E., Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration,Washington, DC
Non-Federal Liaison Members
Mr. Michael A. Cassidy,
Technical and Educational Programs, Construction SpecificationsInstitute, Alexandria, Virginia
Mr. Michael J. King,
CCS, Professional Systems Division, American Institute of Architects,Washington, DC
Mr. Earle Kennett,
National Institute of Building Sciences, Washington, DC
Mr. Roscoe Reeves,
FAIA, MASTERSPEC, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC
Mr. Carl D. Smildsin,
EG&G Florida, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Staff
Henry A. Borger,Executive Secretary,
Federal Facilities Council, National Research Council, Washington,DC
Lena B. Grayson,Senior Secretary,
Federal Facilities Council, National Research Council, Washington,DC
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PREFACE
Construction-related standards are published by many organizations,including ASTM, Inc., the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA),and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In the past,a variety of standards also were prepared by federal agencies; however,agencies now rely heavily on nongovernment standards in accordancewith Circular A-119 of the Office of Management and Budget.
Standards are essential to the functioning of the design and constructionindustry. They are incorporated by reference in contracts and otherlegal documents in all phases of the design and construction processto specify design features, product characteristics, levels of quality,test procedures, and installation practices. Standards permit theparticipants in the design and construction process—owners, designprofessionals, government regulators, contractors, and manufacturers—to communicate vast amounts of information with one another succinctlyand precisely. Standards also eliminate the need for participantsin the process to become experts in fields other than their own.Architects, for example, need not know how portland cement is manufacturedin order to specify concrete; they only need to know what concretestandards to reference and the limitations of those standards.
There is considerable evidence, however, that many users of standards(e.g., building owners and designers) do not understand the vitalrole of standards in the design and construction process or appreciatethe importance of their participation in standards-development activities.It is also believed that specification writers (both public and private)sometimes are reluctant to reference standards that they have nothelped develop.
In the belief that this is an undesirable situation, the ConsultingCommittee on Construction Specifications of the Federal FacilitiesCouncil (FFC) held a symposium in July 1994 at the National Academyof Sciences to identify actions that might be taken to encouragebuilding owners and
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designers to play a more active role than they have in the past inthe standards-making process.
The symposium was cosponsored by the American Institute of Architects(AIA), the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), the NationalInstitute of Building Sciences (NIBS), and the National Society ofProfessional Engineers (NSPE). The AIA is the preeminent professionalsociety for architects in the United States. The CSI is a professionaland industry association for advancing construction technology andconstruction specifications. NIBS is an interdisciplinary institutedevoted to the advancement of building science. NSPE is an interdisciplinarysociety devoted to promoting the ethical, competent, and licensedpractice of engineering.
This report comprises summaries of papers presented at the symposiumand an edited transcript of a round-table discussion held at theend of the symposium. The opinions expressed by the authors of thepapers and the participants in the round-table discussion do notnecessarily represent the views of the FFC or the other sponsoringorganizations. However, it is believed that the report contains relevantand timely information that will be useful to federal agencies andthe entire design and construction community.
