Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) lt shall be the duty of the Board to take measures with a view to expedite matters and to reduce the cost olconstruction of building and the Board shall, for the purpose do all things such as :- (a) unification, simplificalion and standardisation of building materials ; (b) encouraging pre-fabrication and mass production of building components ; (c) organising or undertaking the production ol building materials required for housing scheme ; (d) encouraging research lor discovering cheap building materials and evolving new methods of economic construction ; and (e) securing a steady and sutficient supply of workmen trained in the work of construction of buildings. (2) The Board may provide lechnical advice to the Government and scrutinise prolects under Housing Scheme as and when required bythe Government to do so. (3) The Board may undertake research on various problems connected with housing in general and in particular to find out the economical method ot construcling houses suited to local condition and to undertake comprehensive surveys of problems of housing. 211