This is the report of the Academy for Healthcare Infrastructure's Team 1. Facilitated by Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, of Texas A&M University and underwritten by Gilbane, Team 1 sought to shed light on the strategies adopted by successful owners and identifies 12 themes that consistently arose from interviews with industry experts.

This report, developed jointly by the National Institute of Building Sciences and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors summarizes a roundtable held in Washington, D.C., in October 2015. The roundtable examined how public-private partnerships (P3s) are employed in the United States and tried to identify opportunities to expand their use.

This report compiles the results of a survey conducted by the Off-Site Construction Council (OSCC) in the summer of 2015 to identify the types, frequency of use and effectiveness of software platforms being utilized by the off-site construction sector. A total of 22 participants, with more than half representing the architecture/engineering or general manager/general contractor disciplines, responded to the survey.

In this report, the Institute’s National Council of Governments on Building Codes and Standards (NCGBCS) examines effective strategies for promoting the adoption of existing building codes, as well as developing and implementing educational and training programs for owners, builders, contractors, design professionals and, most importantly, code enforcers. NCGBCS also addresses some of the implementation challenges and enforcement issues, and the technical changes necessary to improve future editions of the codes.

The Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 Report represents the most exhaustive benefit-cost analysis of natural hazard mitigation, from adopting up-to-date building codes and exceeding codes to addressing the retrofit of existing buildings and utility and transportation infrastructure. It was funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Earlier editions of the report were funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), International Code Council (ICC), Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS), American Institute of Architects (AIA), and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Low vision is characterized by vision that is no longer correctable by glasses, contact lens, surgery, or medication. Low vision is severe enough to cause difficulty with the ability to complete daily living tasks. Vision impairment occurs from age; injury, such as traumatic brain injuries experienced by war veterans; or disease. Different diseases affect different parts of the visual system and cause different patterns of vision loss, which result in different functional deficits and accommodative needs.

This guidance document, developed by the National Institute of Building Sciences and the New Buildings Institute, gives jurisdictions the means to help them achieve their energy performance goals for buildings. The document provides jurisdictions with the regulatory language to put an outcome-based compliance path into place.

This report compiles the results of a follow-up survey conducted in 2018 by the Off-Site Construction Council (OSCC) to understand how the U.S. construction sector use off-site construction techniques and technologies has changed since its initial survey in 2014. A total of 205 participants responded to the 2018 survey. The respondents came from across the building industry, representing the diverse stakeholders involved in the decision making and implementation of off-site construction.

Each year, the Council develops a Moving Forward Report, which becomes part of the Institute’s Annual Report that goes to the President of the United States and the U.S. Congress. In the 2018 report, the Council addresses ways to improve the performance of the nation’s existing building stock. The report is intended to be a starting point for a much broader dialogue across the building industry and with policymakers, and offers a number of recommendations to move forward.