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' / / . ..dlJILD&mG SYSTEnns DEVElOPMEl'JT, Ir.JC. 120 Broadway ,,/ May 10, 1968 --- A tlanta Housing Authority - -- H u r t· Building Atlanta, Georgia · Gentlemen: Building Systems Development, Inc. has been awarded Prime Contract No. H97 l by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop the "In-City Experimental Housing Research and Development .Program" for 25 model cities . . This program is. designed as an experimental project to develop new methods of pi"oviding low cost housing. The program itself is divided into two phases -- the first taking five weeks during which time the experimental program must be developed with respect to specific cities with recommendations submitted to HUD by June 15, 1968. The second phase calls for implementation of the experimental program with construction commencing on individual . _ . _ _ ___proje_c;~s q ~ aLch J .,__19.69~pp:r:.oaches .whi.ch-are .developed in these experimental projects will provide new building products, components, systems or total buildings which will meet the needs of the city residents · at a low cost. It ·is obvious that successful approaches have an opportun ity of be i ng implemented widely in model cities and throughout the country. In fact, the program is directly related to Presid ent Johnson' s objective of 6,000, 000 new or rehabilitated federally as siste d h ousing units for lower income farnilies. The approach to this project is t o analyze the various cities to determine their needs and their ability t o h ost different social and technical experin~e ntal approaches to housing. Simultaneously; we are looking to industry for new dev elopments in terms of produ c ts or procedures which will meet the needs of people fo r low cost hous·ing quickely. We are, therefore, soliciting comp anies such as yours throughout the country to determine whether or not there are appropri3.te building systems , materials and construction ideilS which you would like to have us consid er for use in the individual e x periments. If you wish to be considered in this regard we would welcome receiving notice imm ediate ly \ Telephone 415 434 3833 94111 �. / - 2 - and desire full information on the product ideas and infoi:mation you ~ave in mind. We would be pleased to have the opportunity to evaluate this information and assess the way in which various ideas of different companies can be combined to P1eet the objective.

---All .information you submit to us .will be considered to have been submitted in respon.s e to this inquiry, will be ·submitted by us to the United

.States Government as infor~ation developed by us as a ;-esult of the research and studies conducted under the above-mentioned Prime - Gontra·ct No. H97 l, . and will be subject to and ·governed by the provisions of Article V "Publication" and Article VI II Patents" of the Prime Contract. Copies of Articles V and VI are enclosed. Your submission of information to us will constitute your agreement with us to this effect. During this period that we are preparing the Phase I report, preliminary to submitting this report to HUD for the Phase 2 contract, we desire V that any work that we do to incorporate your material into an experimental .--:-p rogram be considered confidential by you until the submission is made to HUD. - - ~l"-f_ you have information relating to other manufacturers with whom your products are comp atible, we would also appr e ciate receiving this information. We specifi c ally desire complete inforrpation within a week, including drawings, test data if any, photographs, and experience on any precedents whe re i n the products you are suggesting w ere used. We are interested in w h ether you have had experience wi t h or will require code or zoning var i ances in order to use your p a rticular ideas, and whether it is anticipated that there may be any problems with regard to jurisdictional d is put es among installing building trades unions . Included as Attachment 2 is a list of the 25 model cities which we are considering and a n y specific experience in these citi es wo'uld be of. considerable interest . The e x perimental p r ogram calls fo r the construction of perhaps 10 to 200 d w elling units in e a, ch city with the possibility of building substanti ally more if it -..vill benefit the e x perim e nt . We would be interested t o receive information on th e co s t of your compone n ts in the nearest mod e l city to y our plant for 10, 20, 50, l 00 1 200, 500 or l, 000 d we lling uni t s. The actu a l proj e cts w ifl be financed through e x isting fed e ral pro g rams . ·som e m o nies w ill b e a v ail a bl e for e x p e ri men t a l cos ts . These w ill b e alloc ate d on a cost benef i t basis. �/ / "' - 3 / We also need information regarding the number of units which you estimate would be required using your material, product or system to approach the point of optimum efficiency . The. information on your products, systems or dwelling .units should also -:-d ei.-C::r1be methods a11d tinie for installation and general procedures that may be required at the building site. Your interest in terms of distribution of products should be indicated whether it be on a national basis or not . If there are specific cities in which you have had e x p e rienc e work ing in the past and in which you would like to work speci~icalJ.y the forthcoming experimental program, please indicate which one.s they are. I on We urge your earliest reply to this inquiry. Please address it to: Building Systems Dev e lopment, Inc. - "Post Office Box 817 Oakland, California 94604 - --T-ei:·eplrnne: ··-41 5-27t~ 2211 Attention: Jos e ph P . , Fleming v ·e ry truly yours, BUILDING SYSTE MS DEVELOP M E NT, INC . \ \ I �