The Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE) advises the executive and legislative branches of government, other governmental and private sector organizations, and the general public on questions of technology, science, and public policy applied to:

• the design, construction, operations, maintenance, security, and evaluation of buildings, facilities, and infrastructure systems;
• the relationship between the constructed and natural environments and their interaction with human activities;
• the effects of natural and manmade hazards on constructed facilities and infrastructure
• the interdependencies of infrastructure systems (power, water, transportation, telecommunications, wastewater, buildings) and the potential for cascading failures