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Off-Site Studies: Solid Timber Construction

Solid timber construction (STC) refers to different types of massive wood planar or frame elements used for walls, floors, roofs,…

Building Offsite an Introduction

The following document is an introduction to Building Offsite. Funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). The…

A Business Process Engineering Approach to Managing Security and Resilience of Lifeline Infrastructures

The National Institute of Building Sciences project team undertook the present project to operationalize the NIPP 2013 framework into…

Report of the Results of the 2014 Off-Site Construction Industry Survey

In 2014, the National Institute of Building Sciences Off-Site Construction Council set out to get an understanding of how the…

Design Guidelines for the Visual Environment

Low vision is characterized by vision that is no longer correctable by glasses, contact lens, surgery, or medication. Low vision is…

Raising the Profile, Filling the Gaps: Report from a Town Hall Meeting on the Future of Code Officials

This report, released by the International Code Council (ICC), summarizes the findings of a Town Hall Meeting held during the 2014 ICC…

Raising the Profile, Filling the Gaps: Report from a Town Hall Meeting on the Future of Code Officials

This report, released by the International Code Council (ICC), summarizes the findings of a Town Hall Meeting held during the 2014 ICC…

Financing Small Commercial Building Energy Performance Upgrades: Challenges and Opportunities

In this report, the Institute’s Council on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (CFIRE) issued findings and recommendations on the…

Off-site Construction Education: results of a survey of prefabrication in design and construction academics

Ryan E. Smith Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Utah Chair, National Institute of Building Sciences, O-site…

Dialogue on National Resilience held at the National Institute of Building Sciences

Resiliency has become a growing concern in the national psyche. President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding…

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