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Page 28 APP END I X B USE OF TH I S REPORT The p rope r i n te rp re ta t i on and u s e of th i s repor t i s of the u tmos t conce rn to the Bu i l d i ng Resea rch Adv i sory Boa rd . For th i s reason , u s e rs of the repo r t s hou l d unde rs tand i ts i n ten t . I n reques t i ng the Bu i l d i ng Resea rch Adv i sory Boa rd to adv i se on C r i ter i a for Hyd rau l i c F i l l s , the Fede ra l Hous i ng Adm i n i s t ra t i on i nd i ca ted tha t the adv i sory op i n i ons and i nfo rma t i on p rov i ded i n the BRAB report may be us ed by th i s agency i n the rev i s i on of i ts req u i remen ts and s tanda rds fo r th i s e l emen t of res i den t i a l con s t ruct i on . The Spec i a l Adv i sory Comm i t tee has not p repa red any port i on of th i s report a s a s ta ted M i n i mum P roperty S tanda rd , nor ha s i t endeavo red to es tab l i s h accep ta nce va l ues . Ne i the r BRAB nor any of i ts comm i t tees w i l l enga ge i n the wr i t i ng of bu i l d i n g regu l a t i ons . To do so wou l d be to dup l i ca te the func t i ons of recogn i zed ex i s t i ng techn i ca l bod i es w i th i n the bu i l d i ng i ndus t ry o r gove rnmen t . Th i s repor t , the refore , s tands on i ts me r i ts as a comp i l a t i on of the bes t i nforma t i on ava i l ab l e a t th i s t i me , p repa red by a Comm i t tee of i nd i v i dua l s , each we l l i nformed on one o r mo re a spec ts of th i s pa rt i cu l a r subj ec t , for use by FHA a t i ts own d i s c ret i on .
Page 2 7 APP END I X A HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED The Bu i l d i ng Resea rch Adv i sory Boa rd has conducted th i s s tudy of C r i te r i a for Hyd rau l i c F i l l s by appo i n t i ng and u s i ng i n a work i ng s ense a h i gh l y qua l i f i ed Spec i a l Adv i so ry Comm i t tee . Th i s Comm i t tee wa s composed of au thor i t i es on the va r i ous techn i ca l a spec ts of the p rob l em . A s ta temen t of t h e p rob l em a n d a l i s t of ques t i on s we re s en t t o a s e l ec ted g roup of i nd i v i dua l s for con s i de ra t i on and commen t s . The res u l t s of th i s s u rvey we re comp i l ed and s u bm i t ted to the Comm i t tee p r i or to i t s mee t i n g . A two-day meet i ng of the Comm i t tee wa s he l d i n Was h i ngton , D . C . Deta i l ed d i scuss i on of the many a spec t s of the p rob l em en sued . A d raf t of the repo r t wa s p repa red on the ba s i s of d i scus s i on a t th i s mee t i ng . By cor respondence the Comm i t tee ma i n ta i ned con tac t th roughou t p repa ra t i on of the repor t . Each s egmen t of the repor t a nd the repor t a s a who l e rece i ved the a t ten t i on and commen t of the Adv i sory Comm i t tee on the p re l i m i na ry d raf t , and a ga i n p r i or to app rova l f o r t ra n sm i t ta l to the Bu i l d i ng Res ea rch Adv i s o ry Boa rd .
