Enclosed in this Annual Report to the President of the United States you will find an overview of everything the National Institute of Building Sciences accomplished in 2021. As shown throughout these pages, it was a year of growth and opportunity for the organization, with a focus on some of the highest priorities affecting the built environment.

The NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures serves as the starting point for updates to U.S. seismic code provisions. The recommendations are reviewed, codified, and incorporated into standards language in the ASCE/SEI 7 standard Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.

Enclosed in this Annual Report to the President of the United States you will find an overview of everything the National Institute of Building Sciences accomplished in 2020. As shown throughout these pages, it was a year of growth and opportunity for the organization, with a focus on some of the highest priorities affecting the built environment.

Enclosed in this Annual Report to the President of the United States you will find an overview of everything the National Institute of Building Sciences accomplished in 2019. As shown throughout these pages, it was a year of growth and opportunity for the organization, with a focus on some of the highest priorities affecting the built environment.