NEW CASTLE COUNTY COUNCIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE WILMINGTON

NEW CASTLE COUNTY COUNCIL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, WILMINGTON, DE, October 16, 2006 • THE ROLE OF EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES ADMINISTRATION ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND DISASTER RESILIENCY Robert Wible, President Robert Wible & Associates and Director National Partnership to Streamline Government

LIVING IN A WORLD TRANSFORMED • Describe role of government and nature of our Construction Industry 19 years from now. • Actions State and Local Officials Can Take Now to Prepare for that Future

LIVING IN A WORLD TRANSFORMED • FORCES AT WORK TRANSFORMING BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND WAY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REGULATE FOR SAFETY AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS • 6 FORCES AT WORK

LIVING IN A WORLD TRANSFORMED • SIX TRANSFORMING FORCES: Demographic – aging population & immigration Environmental – energy costs, resource depletion & global warming Technological – rapid changes & new technologies

LIVING IN A WORLD TRANSFORMED • 6 TRANSFORMING FORCES: Economic – changing role of nation in global economy Reduced Resources – demands for downsizing and increased efficiency Public Safety - greater demand – natural disasters and terrorism

FORCES IMPACTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Demographics – - 300 million Americans – increasingly multicultural and multi-lingual – immigration pressure - Aging population – by 2020 – 40% over age of 50 / 25% over age of 65 –health care pressures costs – pressures on government pension funds - 50% of senior management retiring in next 10 years - loss of institutional memory

FORCES IMPACTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Environmental – - Global Warming - Need to reduce greenhouse gases - World supply of Oil and Natural Gas – Replace with alternative fuels - Water and other resource conservation - Hazardous waste disposal

FORCES IMPACTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Technological - Increased pressure on speed to market of new technologies e. g. - nanotechnologies / biomedical-mechanical - Continuing rapid change in information technologies & demand for interoperability - Aging infrastructure – roads, rails, bridges

FORCES IMPACTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Economic - Global economy – “The World Is Flat” – T. Friedman; Jobs and skills going off-shore - Growing economic competitiveness within region as well as within world – Attract new and keep existing businesses in state/community - Ability to absorb and recover from disruptions

FORCES IMPACTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Reduced Resources to Government - Tax payer & legislature limitations on revenues/expenditures - Demands to downsize government - Demands for greater governmental efficiency with less resources – “Do more with nothing”

FORCES IMPACTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Public Safety – Greater demand after 9/11 and Katrina: - Infrastructure secure from future terrorist actions - Better preparation for, response to and recovery from large scale natural disasters – Katrina/Rita/ earthquakes, floods, winter storms.

2025 – A WORLD TRANSFORMED • So What Will be the Impact of All of These Forces on Construction and the Way State and Local Governments Oversee: - Building Design & Construction - Disaster Preparedness, Response & Recovery?

2025 – A WORLD TRANSFORMED CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN 2025 “Using artificial reality tools, designers, and their clients can enter the structures they are planning. They can have the simulated experience of walking around in the structures” - “Our Built World, 2025” Coates & Mahaffie - Try & test different designs, materials, maintenance cycles, disaster scenarios, then build, inspect, commission, operate and maintain in computer

2025 – A WORLD TRANSFORMED Building Information Modeling (BIM) - 3 D / 4 D design, construction, building operation, maintenance & renovation Already being done - no blueprints, no change orders, suppliers use data to deliver and have components assembled on site. - Virtual Builders Roundtable – 20 buildings - C. A. V. E – Computer Analysis Visualization Environment

2025 A WORLD TRANSFORMED Sensors and other technologies - Buildings will talk back –report on operating conditions, hazards, structural soundness – In Response to 9 -ll – already underway at NIST / DARPA – bio-chemradiological / seismic

2025 - A WORLD TRANSMFORMED • Construction more automated – faster tracked -60% less time - Research already underway - FIATECH, GSA, National Laboratories, Colleges & Universities

2025 - A WORLD TRANSFORMED • Secure data bases of as built designs for first responders to use as they roll up on site of a disaster - Recommendation already before U. S. Department of Homeland Security and under discussion in several states – WA, OR, CA, PA, LA

2025 – A WORLD TRANSFORMED • REGULATORY STREAMLINING – MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ENFORCEMENT – NOT REGULATORY ABANDONMENT • State and local governments with smaller staffs identify/ eliminate areas of overlap and duplication that slow construction process • Apply information technology to interface with I. T. used in building design, construction, operation, maintenance and renovation.

PREPARING FOR THAT FUTURE NOW Actions Federal, State and Local Governments Can Take Now to Begin to Successfully Address these Forces and Changes

PREPARING FOR THAT FUTURE NOW • Your Community has already begun to take steps to meet these challenges by virtue of your being here and using I. T.

PREPARING FOR THAT FUTURE NOW Work of the National Partnership to Streamline Government / Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in the Digital Age MISSION: Enhance Economic Development and Public Safety Through Effective and Efficient use of Information Technology Materials now available to help your community prepare for challenges of 2025

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW • NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP / ALLIANCE 40 public /private sector associations & government agencies GOVT – NGA, NACo, Mayors, NASCIO, Federal Agencies HUD, DOE, NIST, GSA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: AIA, NAHB, AGA, BOMA, - Assemble and share best practices, model streamlining processes and promote cooperation with I. T. industry to increase effectiveness and efficiency of government

PREPARING FOR THAT FUTURE NOW NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP / ALLIANCE Materials funded by partners include: A - TO AID NEW JURISDICTIONS - FIRST TIME USERS - Model procurement requirements – How to procure - Listing of software and jurisdictions using – Learn from the lessons of others - Cost/Benefit – ROI Reports to support funding - 3 ½ month ROI – for jurisdictions of all size

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW B - AID TO EXISTING I. T. USERS AND FIRST TIMERS - 2006 CD-ROM Report with all tools - GUIDES: - Elected Officials – 8 pages - HUD 83 page Streamlining Guide (late-Oct 06 – available at www. huduser. org)

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT BUILDING REGULATORY PROCESSES THROUGH STREAMLINING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 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

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW • 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

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW • GUIDE – 5 STEPS TO STREAMLINING: - 1. Assessing the Need & Identifying Stakeholders in your community – Gaining their buy-in - 2. Identifying Resources - 3. Preparing building regulatory process for change- Process re-engineering / working with sister agencies

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW • 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: Chicago, IL Fairfax County, VA Polk Co, FL State of Oregon State of Florida

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW GUIDE - Chapter 8 of HUD Guide – Lessons from Katrina, Rita and other Disasters Ahead of a disaster: - Identify rules, regulations, processes and procedures that slow down disaster planning, preparedness, response and recovery - Put I. T. in place and use it day-in-day out so it can readily be applied to disaster response & recovery - Develop regional disaster response, recovery capability

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW GUIDE - EXAMPLES OF BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FROM STREAMLINING & USING I. T. • PUBLIC SAFETY - Use of hardware and software have increased compliance with jurisdiction’s building codes and standards and reduced losses of life, damage to property caused by man-made and natural disasters - Florida’s experiences in recent hurricanes - Provide tools to facilitate more rapid completion of damage assessment reports and issuance of permits to begin reconstruction - Provide access to statewide electronic database of licensed contractors, subcontractors

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW GUIDE – BENEFITS FROM STREAMLINING & USE OF I. T. • PUBLIC SAFETY & ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS - Enables community to prepare for coming wave of electronic building plans review tools, interoperable databases, sharing data across agency lines and with other jurisdictions - Provides a platform for future integration of building regulatory system with 3 D / 4 D Building Information Modeling data

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE NOW • OTHER NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP / ALLIANCE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITY TO ADDRESS FORCES OF CHANGE - Alliance Information Technology Industry Advisory Committee: - Building Regulatory System Standard for interoperability – DOE funding demonstrated - REScheck and COMcheck tools - Uniform addressing systems

FOR MORE INFORMATION • VISIT THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP/ALLIANCE WEBSITE: www. natlpartnerstreamline. org • Call or write: rcwible@comcast. net, 703 -568 -2323 • Look for “Architectural Security Codes and Guidelines: Best Practices for Today to Meet Construction Challenges” – Mc. Graw-Hill

• FOR MORE INFORMATION - Robert Wible & Associates rcwible@comcast. org Phone: 703 -568 -2323 / fax 703 -620 -0015 10702 Midsummer Drive, Reston, VA 20191 THANK YOU