Final Agenda

 

MAY 31 – JUNE 1, 2001

Hilton Crystal City at National Airport

Arlington (Crystal City), Virginia

 

 

Building Smarter in the Digital Age:

Bringing Information Technology to the Building Regulatory Process

 

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DAY # 1: May 31, 2001

 

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Welcome and Opening Presentations:

R. Michael Unthank, President, NCSBCS, State of New Mexico

James Hanna, Past President NCSBCS, State of Maryland

 

Welcoming Remarks & Objective of Forum — To engage the participants in the development of an action agenda that can be cooperatively implemented to increase the use of information technology to improve and significantly streamline the building regulatory and construction processes.

 

Major F. Riddick, Jr., Chief of Staff to

NGA Chairman and Maryland Governor Parris Glendening

 

Opening Addresses:

 

E-Governance: The State View

Aldona Valicenti, CIO, Kentucky, President NASCIO

 

 

The Critical Role that Construction Plays in the New Economy

Dr. Jack Snell, Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory

National Institute of Standards and Technology

 

Panel Discussions: Streamlining the Nation’s Building Regulatory Process Through Innovative Uses of Information Technology - What is Possible Now? Three perspectives.

 

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM:

 

Panel # 1 - The Construction Industry Perspective - Two speakers on ways the construction industry is being transformed by innovative uses of computer technology and the benefits of new technologies.

 

Moderator: J. Harvey Trimble, Jr., Managing Director of

e-Business Solutions, Fannie Mae

 

Dr. Richard H.F. Jackson, Managing Director, FIATECH

Thomas Kepper, Manager, Facilities Materials & Services, Intel Corporation

 
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM - Coffee Break

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM:

Panel # 2 - The Governmental Perspective (Local, State) - Four speakers giving examples of benefits that are being derived from innovative uses of Information Technology in the regulatory process.

Moderator: Thomas Joachim, State Building Official,

Department of Administration, Building Codes & Standards Division,

State of Minnesota

 

Cynthia Wilk, Assistant Director, New Jersey Division of Codes & Standards

Sue Colbert, Manager, E-Gov Applications Development,

New Jersey Office of Information Technology

 

Zofia A. Zager, Director, Office of Building Code Services

Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services

 

Steve MacDonald, Chief, Development Services Bureau

City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety

 

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM:

Panel # 3 - The Information Technology Industry Perspective - Two speakers from the computer hardware and software industry giving examples of other current innovative uses of information technology that benefit the effectiveness and efficiency of the building regulatory process.

Moderator: Janice L. Tuchman, Editor-in-Chief,

Engineering News Record (ENR)

 

David G. Fay, Vice President – IVR Services, Selectron, Inc.

 

Rich Geissler, Executive Director, International Alliance for Interoperability

 

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM: Summary and Closing; Presentation of Objectives for Day 2

Douglas Brookman, President, Public Solutions – Facilitator for IT Forum

 

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM:

Reception - Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar during Demonstration of Interoperability

 

Dr. Robert Hitchcock, Research Associate, Building Technologies Department,

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Chair, NA Building Services Domain, International Alliance for Interoperability

 

Richard A. See, Senior Manager–Advanced Product Planning

Visio Professional Engineering Products, Microsoft Corporation

 

DAY #2: June 1, 2001

Developing an Action Agenda

 

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Creating a Shared Context for Change – Discussion Session for Participants - Facilitator: Douglas Brookman, President, Public Solutions

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Coffee Break

 

10:00 AM - 12:15 PM:

Workshop Session #1: Increasing the use of information technology to improve and significantly streamline the building regulatory and construction processes. Identifying barriers that stand in the way of these improvements and solutions that can be applied.

 

Breakout Sessions for Four Work Groups:

There will be four concurrent breakout work groups. Three will cover the different aspects of the existing building regulatory and construction processes (pre-construction, during, and post-construction). The fourth group will look outside the box and discuss ways I.T. can transform the entire regulatory framework of the construction industry. Each group will be comprised of a mix of building regulators, construction industry, and I.T. industry. They will meet throughout the morning to identify, from their professional view: "How can I.T. both improve customer service and transform the regulatory process," "What needs to be done to facilitate greater development and use of I.T. products and services," and "What do I need to get done to make my job easier?"

 

Group # 1 – Permitting & Plan Review Processes (pre-construction)

Moderator: Stephen Garnier, Code Enforcement Coordinator, Fairfax County, Virginia

Scribe: Terry Slade, Assistant Director, Kentucky Department of

Housing, Building & Construction

 

Group # 2 – Marriage of Plan Review, Field Inspection, & Occupancy Permitting (during construction) 

Moderator: Scott Hassell, Analyst, Rand Corporation

Scribe: James Hanna, Past President NCSBCS

 

Group # 3 – Integration with Rest of the Building Process

(pre-, during & post-construction)

Moderator: David Harris, President, National Institute of Building Sciences

Scribe: Jean Boulin, Team Leader, Codes & Standards, U.S. Dept. of Energy

 

Group # 4 – Re-engineering the Regulatory System

Moderator: George Arimes, American Planning Association

Scribe: Jane Katz, Senior Project Manager, National

Housing Impact Division, Fannie Mae

 

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM:

Luncheon with Status Report from Work Groups

Attendees will reassemble over lunch. The four groups will give a brief report on their sessions and recommendations for innovative I.T. approaches to streamlining or radically transforming the building regulatory process.

 

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM:

Workshop Session # 2: Developing An Action Agenda for a More Effective and Efficient Building Regulatory System through Innovative Uses of Information Technology

Attendees will assemble to function as a committee of the whole to discuss the solutions, etc., developed by the morning work groups and develop a consensus that will formulate the Forum’s final work product - An Action Agenda

 

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM – Discussion and Setting the Agenda - What Needs to be Done?

 
  • What are the common themes from work groups?
  • Taken as a whole, what I.T. approaches can be implemented (short-term, mid-term, long-term)?
  • What "theoretical" I.T. solutions can be developed to transform the current regulatory system?
  • How do the benefits become apparent?
  • Need for a Portal?

 

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM – Coffee Break

 

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM – Discussion, Setting the Agenda & Call to Action

 
  • What are the steps we take collectively and individually to implement Action Agenda?
  • What resources are needed to successfully implement Action Agenda?
  • Who or what groups should take what actions to implement Action Agenda within what time frames?

 

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM – Next Steps - A Call for Commitment to Implement Change

 

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM:Thank you and Closing Statement by Forum Cosponsors

 

David Engel, Director, Affordable Housing Research and Technology Division,

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

 

Representation from the National Association of Counties