Form SOC-QBPO Survey of Construction - Questionnaire for the Building

Attachment A
FORM SOC-QBPO.1
12/14/2007

OMB No. 0607-0125: Approval expires XX/XX/XXXX
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION
Questionnaire for the Building Permit Official

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

TO BE COMPLETED BY CENSUS FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
BPO Name

Respondent Name

Address of BPO

Respondent Title

PSU
BPOID

Respondent Phone Number

RO

TO BE COMPLETED BY RESPONDENT
BPO_BTIME
What is the preferred time to call or visit this office?

BEYOND_INCPRMS
Do you include building or zoning permits for these additional
areas in your monthly C-404 report?
Yes --- Please explain how to identify these areas

METHOD
Is a computer printout available for use when listing new
residential permits?
Yes
No

No
BPO_OTH
Does any other office issue building or zoning permits within
the limits of your jurisdiction?

PERIOD

Yes

Does your monthly C-404 Report (Report of Building or
Zoning Permits Issued) cover a regular calendar month, or
some other period such as the last Wednesday of one month
to the last Tuesday of the following month?
Regular calendar month
Other --- Please explain

No --- Skip to CLASS
BPO_INFO
What is the address, telephone number, and contact
information for the other office?
Name
Address

COVERAGE
Does your office issue building or zoning permits for all areas
within the geographic boundaries of your jurisdiction?
Yes
No --- Please explain

Phone

CLASS
Use the categories below to indicate how your office
classifies the following permits:
Residential Commercial

Other

Single-family houses.....
COVBEYOND
Does your office issue building or zoning permits for any
areas beyond the geographic boundaries of your jurisdiction?
Yes --- Please describe the area

Two-unit buildings.........
Three-unit buildings......
Four-unit buildings........
5+ unit buildings............
Apartment buildings......
Mixed-use buildings......
Senior housing..............

No --- Skip to BPO_OTH

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Not
Issued

CLASS_COMM

EXTEND_IDENTIFY

Does your office ever classify new residential building permits
as commercial?

How can these 'extended building permits' be identified?

Yes
LOCATESF

No

Where are the residential building permits in this office
located?

SEP_PERM
Does your office issue separate permits for:
Foundations.................................

Yes

No

Superstructures...........................

Yes

No

Interior finishing...........................

Yes

No

Attached single-family units........

Yes

No

Individual units in a multifamily
building........................................

Yes

No

LOCATECM
Where are the commercial building permits in this office
located?

AVAILABLE
Are all building permits for a month available for review on the
first day of the following month?

EXPIRE
Does a building permit have an expiration date after a certain
amount of time has passed?
Yes

Yes
No --- When will they be available?

No --- Skip to LOCATESF
EXTEND
When a permit expires, can it be extended or is a new building
permit required?
Extended
New permit required --- Skip to LOCATESF
EXTEND_LIST
Do you include these extended building permits in your
monthly C-404 report?
Yes
No --- Skip to LOCATESF
NOTES:

INTERNET
Does your office provide any building permit data on the
internet?
Yes --- What is the Internet address?

No

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. PLEASE
RETAIN THIS FORM FOR USE BY YOUR CENSUS
BUREAU REPRESENTATIVE.