Welcome to the Streamlining Project!

The Streamlining project is a cooperative effort among 55 national organizations and federal, state, regional, and local governments to improve economic development, public safety, and environmental quality by bringing better management practices to the regulation of the siting, design, and construction of all types of buildings throughout the United States.  The project began in 1996 and continues to run today as a membership service of NCSBCS.

In 2001, 41 of the streamlining national sponsors joined NCSBCS in hosting a National Forum on Building Smarter in the Digital Age which focused on seeking ways to use information technology to help streamline the building regulatory process.  This forum launched the National Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in the Digital Age. 

The Alliance and Streamlining project are both coordinated by NCSBCS.  View the list of Streamlining Models that use information technology in some phase of the building regulatory process.

• Streamlining Business Plan -View the Executive Summary, Description of the Project, Operating Procedures, Outreach Plan, and much more as a .pdf file.
  (Download Adobe Acrobat Reader free of charge and view and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files.)

• About the Streamlining Project -Background, mission, and goals --What does the Streamlining project mean to me?

• List of Participating Organizations

• Comprehensive List of Programs Submitted -General listing of all programs reviewed by the Streamlining project, with links to the model processes.

• Regulatory Categories List -Model processes now available to download.

• Implementation -Model rules, regulations, and processes.

• Streamlining Project to Emphasize Nationwide Outreach and Implementation;
   Information Technology to Be a Primary Focus

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For more information on the Streamlining project,
contact:
Carolyn Fitch
(703) 437-0100
cfitch@ncsbcs.org