THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment
Committee on Assessing the Capital Needs of the National Institutes of Health
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Congressional Briefing
Wed, Aug 28, 2019
via Conference Call
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Managing the NIH Bethesda Campus's Capital Assets for Success in a Highly Competitive Global Biomedical Research Environment
Requested by Congress in P.L. 115-31, this new report, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, identifies facilities at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Bethesda, Maryland main campus in greatest need of repair, assesses the rationale and composition of projects to bring the NIH’s main campus facilities up to current standards, and evaluates the accuracy of cost estimates for proposed projects.
This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on August 26, 2019 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.