The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) (formerly the Federal Construction Council) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring federal agencies and between the agencies and other elements of the building community in order to advance building science and technology, particularly with regard to the design, construction, acquisition, evaluation, and operation of federal facilities. The following FFC-sponsor agencies provided funding for this workshop and proceedings report:
Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer
Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard
Department of the Army, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
Department of Energy
Department of the Interior, Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety
Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Facilities Management
Food and Drug Administration
General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service
Indian Health Service
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering Division
National Institutes of Health, Division of Engineering Services
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Science Foundation
Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Services
U.S. Postal Service
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Acknowledgments
The workshop summarized in this report was cosponsored by the Federal Facilities Council of the National Research Council and the National Institute of Building Sciences. The following people deserve special recognition for their efforts in planning, organizing, and conducting the workshop:
Captain William Brodt
Division of Engineering Services
National Institutes of Health
United States Public Health Service
Captain Paul Fardig
Office of Environmental Health and Engineering
Indian Health Service
United States Public Health Service
Mr. Eric Jackson
Atlantic Division
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
United States Department of the Navy
Mr. Eli Katz
Consultant
Mr. Richard McCrone
Engineering and Field Support Office
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Kent Reed
Computer Integrated Control Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mr. Alexander Shaw
Program Manager
National Institute of Building Sciences
Mr. Dana K. Smith
Formerly with Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Currently with the Army Research Laboratory
United States Department of the Army
Ms. Susan Trinter
Consultant
Trinter National
