ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The development of this document was supported by the Office of Real Property Development
within the Public Buildings Service of the General Services Administration. The author expresses
his appreciation to David Eakin of GSA for his support of this effort. The NIBS Project Committee
provided much valuable input and comment on the guidelines, and the efforts of Sandy Shaw, the
project manager at NIBS, and Billy Manning, the Project Committee chair, are gratefully
acknowledged. The author appreciates the efforts of all the Project Committee members listed in
Appendix E, particularly those who attended the committee meetings and submitted comments on
early drafts of the guidelines. The contributions of Paul E. Drier III, James Gainfort, Bradford
Perkins, Gordon H. Smith and Fritz Sulzer are also acknowledged. The efforts of Joseph A. Wilkes
in reviewing the guidelines are greatly appreciated. Finally, the author expresses his appreciation
to W. Stuart Dols, David VanBronkhorst and Wayne Chen at NIST for their efforts in producing the
guidelines.
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