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ENHANCING ECONOMIC
COMPETITIVENESS, PUBLIC SAFETY &
DISASTER RESILIENCE – THROUGH
STREAMLINING AND EFFECTIVE USES OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Presentation by Robert Wible, Secretary to
the National Partnership to Streamline
Government
Building Regulatory Process Coalition Meeting
Quincy, MA November 28, 2006
ENHANCING COMPETITIVENSS, PUBLIC SAFETY & DISASTER
RESILIENCE
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OUTLINE
Shared needs for greater efficiency caused by
major forces impacting both construction and
building regulatory community
• Partnership initiatives addressing those forces
• Possible actions to assist Massachusetts
COMPETITIVENSS, PUBLIC SAFETY & DISASTER RESILIENCE
• PERSPECTIVE FROM THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO
STREAMLINE GOVERNMENT / ALLIANCE FOR BUILDING
REGULATORY REFORM IN THE DIGITAL AGE
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Public/Private Partnership of Associations & Government
Agencies – established July, 2001
– NGA, NACo, Mayors, NASCIO, Federal Agencies HUD, DOE, NIST,
GSA, NSF…
– AIA, NAHB, AGC, BOMA, APA, ULI ….
– Share best practices to enhance public safety, competitiveness
by increasing effectiveness and efficiency of government
oversight of construction process through streamlining and use
of I.T.
COMPETITIVENSS, PUBLIC SAFETY & DISASTER RESILIENCE
National Partnership/Alliance Mission
“Enhance nation’s public safety, disaster resilience and
economic competitiveness through streamlining the
nation’s regulatory process to make it more effective and
efficient.”
Making state and local government regulations more
effective and efficient – not regulatory abandonment
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
Six Forces Transforming Both The
Construction Industry And Way State And
Local Governments Regulate
Drawn from “Architectural Security Codes and Guidelines” –
new McGraw-Hill publication
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
SIX TRANSFORMING FORCES
1. Demographic – aging population & immigration
2. Environmental – energy costs, resource depletion &
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global warming
Technological – rapid changes & new technologies
Economic – changing role of nation in global economy
Reduced Resources – demands for downsizing and
increased efficiency in government & private sectors
Public Safety - greater demand, natural disasters and
terrorism
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
A BRIEF LOOK AT FOUR OF THOSE FORCES
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Environmental
Technological
Economic
Public Safety
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• Environmental
– Global Warming
• Need to reduce greenhouse gases /support green
technologies and construction & sustainability
– World supply of oil and natural gas
• Replace with alternative fuels and increase energy
efficiency
– Water and other resource conservation
– Waste disposal
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• Technological
– Increased pressure on speed to market of
new technologies e.g.- nanotechnologies /
biomedical-mechanical
– Continuing rapid change in information
technologies & demand for interoperability –
BIM, SMARTcodes –ICC
– Aging infrastructure – roads, rails, bridges
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• Economic
– Global economy
• “The World Is Flat” – T. Friedman
• Jobs and skills going off-shore
– Growing economic competitiveness
• region as well as within world
• Attract new and keep existing businesses in state/community
• build at less cost/waste – “faster, better, safer”
– Ability to absorb and recover from disruptions
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• Public Safety - Greater demand after
9/11 and Katrina for:
– Keeping our infrastructure secure from future
terrorist actions
– Better preparation for, response to and more
rapid recovery from large scale disasters.
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• Lessons from Katrina & Other Disasters:
- Need for uniform statewide building codes,
certification & training for code officials
- Need for upgraded code provisions for wind
and water penetration
- Need for regional and not just statewide
mutual aid agreements for building
departments/contractors as well as first
responders
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• Blue Cascades III Exercise in Pacific NW (3/06)
- Secure database for first responders of as built
designs
- Identify and pre-certify construction industry
from outside region to support first responses
- Recovery - use of information technology speed
damage assessment and permit issuance
- Uniform building permit forms statewide,
common inspection systems to provide backup
support
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• Relevance to Commonwealth:
- Year 5 of 15-20 year more intense hurricane
cycle
- Winter storms
- Potential terrorist targets
- Smaller geographical area from which to draw
resources in large scale event
- 80% of all small businesses fail if closed for 3
weeks
STREAMLINING –THE NEED
• For Past 10 Years These Forces Have:
– increasingly impacted how we build and
regulate construction
– stimulated new products & technologies
– added national initiatives to identify and
reduce unnecessary costs and inefficiencies
CONNECTING SYSTEMS – NATIONAL INITIATIVES
NEW INITIATIVES
• Greater Code Uniformity
– ICC
• Research on more effective and efficient building design &
construction materials, processes & technologies
– NIST /GSA /Colleges & Universities
• New Information Technologies and Interoperability
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3D & 4 D design
GIS
Wireless Technologies
RFID
Web-based services
CONNECTING SYSTEMS – NATIONAL INITIATIVES
INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THESE FORCES
• New Organizations/Initiatives to Promote More Effective and
Efficient Construction, Building Operation & Regulation
- U.S. Green Building Council
- FIATECH
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IAI
PATH
buildingSMART
Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in Digital Age /
National Partnership to Streamline Government
CONNECTING SYSTEMS – CONVERGENCE OF INITIATIVES
THE NEED FOR CONVERGING EFFORTS:
• Each of these initiatives and organizations generally
address one or more but not every segment of:
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construction industry
construction process
technology
level of government
or even different governments within same state / region
CONNECTING SYSTEMS – CONVERGENCE OF INITIATIVES
RESULTING IN:
a general lack of cohesive approach that recognizes,
supports, encourages coordination and where
appropriate integration of these initiatives.
CASE IN POINT - BIM & REGULATORY SYSTEM
CONNECTING SYSTEMS – CONVERGENCE OF INITIATIVES
As Virtual Design & Construction, and greater
demand for disaster resilience increase they
meet a regulatory system where:
 Less than 10% of building departments use IT
 Less than 1% building departments accept electronic
plans submittals
 Even smaller number of jurisdictions conduct
electronic plans reviews – even then for only certain
portions of buildings
CONNECTING SYSTEMS – CONVERGENCE OF INITIATIVES
• CREATING CHOKEPOINTS IN THE ROAD TO THE
FUTURE – The Building Regulatory Process
At Virtual Design Conference, December, 2005 at GSA:
– 3D/4D project in Silicon Valley had to print out and
provide shop drawings for project
– Currently no interoperability in building department
data between jurisdictions & between jurisdictions
and construction – slowing disaster response and
recovery
COORDINATING ACTIONS TO LINK INITIATIVES
• PROPOSED COORDINATED ACTIONS NATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP AND MASS BRP COALITION:
– Coordinate Coalition objectives for needed changes/streamlining
of building regulatory process with Partnership products/services
– Joint educational efforts for actions that can be taken now to
build stakeholder support for streamlining building regulatory
process & greater use of IT
– Joint support for streamlining grants to state and local
governments & for other initiatives: BIM, buildingSMART,
SMARTcodes
COORDINATING ACTIONS TO LINK INITIATIVES
• NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PRODUCTS OF RELEVANCE TO
MA BUILDING REGULATORY PROCESS COALITION:
– Model procurement requirements – How to procure
– Listing of software and jurisdictions using – Learn from the
lessons of others
– Surveys
• Use of IT & Cost/Benefit
• ROI Reports to support funding
• 3 ½ month ROI for jurisdictions of all size
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PRODUCTS:
– 2006 CD-ROM Report to Governors, Mayors, Counties with all
streamlining tools that have reduced regulatory costs by 60%
– DOE/PNNL interoperability for RESCheck & COMCheck tools
– Template for “Introduction to Building Codes” – A State specific
publication - to build stakeholder support for change
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• Guides:
- Elected Officials – 8 pages –Why Streamline?
Benefits
- HUD 83 page Streamlining Guide (Nov 06) –
Includes chapter on benefits of I.T./Streamlining to
disaster response and recovery
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT BUILDING
REGULATORY PROCESSES THROUGH STREAMLINING
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COVERS:
Why and what is streamlining? – Not regulatory
abandonment
Benefits of streamlining and using I.T. – Better service to
customers, reduced regulatory costs, enhanced and
more effective enforcement
Step by Step Process – 5 Steps
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO JURISDICTIONS OF ALL SIZES STREAMLINING & I.T.
- Savings to construction industry in costs of up to $100,000/day in
delays – keeps business in town
- Reduce time in reg process by 60%
- Handle increased workloads with same staff
- Provides jurisdiction with mechanism to share data across multiple
agencies – increasing effectiveness & efficiency of government
services
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• GUIDE – 5 STEPS TO STREAMLINING:
- 1. Assessing the Need & Identifying Stakeholders in
your community – Educating & gaining their buy-in
- 2. Identifying Resources
- 3. Preparing building regulatory process for changeProcess re-engineering / working with sister agencies
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• GUIDE – 5 STEPS TO STREAMLINING (continued)
- 4. Hardware and software selection
- 5. Putting it all in place – actions to accomplish
EXAMPLES OF SAVINGS/EFFICIENCIES/BEST PRACTICES
FROM JURISDICTIONS INCLUDING: Los Angeles, CA
Chicago, IL Fairfax County, VA Polk Co, FL Milpitas, CA
State of Oregon
State of Florida
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS OF RELEVANCE TO
MASSACHUSETTS:
– High level National Streamlining Conference – January
10-11, 2007 at NAHB in Washington, D.C.
Program for corporate CEOs, construction community,
elected & building officials, to set path for focused 5
year campaign to enhance effectiveness and
efficiency of building regulatory process through
streamlining and use of information technology.
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• Partnership Projects of Relevance to Massachusetts:
- Assisting states & their localities by conducting streamlining
workshops – OR, CA, LA
- Assisting states prior to disaster in identifying and streamlining
reducing rules, regs., processes and procedures to speed response
and recovery
- Assisting in building regulatory process re-engineering
- Assisting in interoperability of disaster response/recovery
databases
COORDINATING ACTIONS - PARTNERSHIP & MASSACHUSETTS
• How can National Partnership be of assistance ?
- Develop stakeholder materials – “Introduction to Mass
Building Regulatory System – Benefits of Streamlining”
- Guide/Streamlining training
- Disaster resilience – identify rules, regulations,
processes & procedures (state & local) that impede
disaster response/recovery
PROPOSED COORDINATION - MASS & NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
• THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
THESE THOUGHTS
– Available here to answer questions
& provide more information on National
Partnership/Alliance
PROPOSED COORDINATION NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND
MASS BUILDING REGULATORY PROCESS COALITION
A CLOSING THOUGHT
“ The best way to predict the future is to design it”
- Buckminster Fuller
This is precisely what the Coalition & the National
Partnership are trying to do – let’s do it
together!
FOR MORE INFORMATION
• VISIT THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WEBSITE:
www.natlpartnerstreamline.org
• Write or Call: [email protected], 703-568-2323
• Read articles in U.S. Mayor, State Government News &
“Architectural Security Codes & Guidelines” McGraw-Hill
THANK YOU