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

Attachment A
SOC-QBPO.1

FORM
(5-27-2014)

OMB No. 0607-0125: Approval Expires 05/31/2017
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Questionnaire for the Building Permit Official
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes the Census Bureau to conduct this collection and to request your voluntary assistance. These data are
subject to provisions of Title 13, United States Code, Section 9(b) exempting data that are customarily provided in public records from rules of confidentiality.This
collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB number is 0607-0125 and appears in the upper right corner of this
page. Without this approval, we cannot conduct this survey. We estimate that it will take an average of 15 minutes to complete. More information about this estimate
and an address where you may write with comments is on the back of this form.

TO BE COMPLETED BY CENSUS FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
BPO Name

Respondent Name

Address of BPO

Respondent Title
Respondent Telephone Number

PSU
BPOID
RO

TO BE COMPLETED BY RESPONDENT
WWWDATA
Does your office provide any new residential building permit data
on the internet?
Yes – What is the internet address?

No

LOCATESF
Where are the residential building permits located in
this office?

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

EMAILDATA
PHONEDATA
Can your office provide any new residential building permit data
via E-mail?

Can your office provide any new residential building permit data
over the phone?
Yes

Yes – What E-mail address should I use to reqest this data?

No
METHOD
No
PRINTOUT
If new residential building permit data cannot be provided via
Internet or E-mail, is there some other computer printout
available that provides this data?
Yes

For all methods of collecting new residential building permits
data discussed, what is your preferred method?
Phone
Permits
Printout
E-mail
Internet
Other

No

AVAILABLE
PERMITDATA
Are the actual building permit records available for use when
listing residential permits?

Are all building permits for a month available for review
on the first day of the following month?
Yes
No – When will they be available?

Yes
No

PLEASE CONTINUE ON REVERSE SIDE

We estimate that this survey will take an average of 15 minutes to complete including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this estimate or any aspect of the collection
of this information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: EID Survey Comments 0607-0125, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Room EID-7K181,
Washington, DC 20233. You may e-mail comments to eid.rcb.customer.service@census.gov. Be sure to use EID Survey Comments 0607-0125 as the subject.

COVERAGE

Does your office issue building or zoning permits for all areas
within the geographic boundaries of your jurisdiction?

CLASS

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

Yes
No – Please explain

Always
Other or
Always
Residential Commercial Mixed

Not
Issued

Single-family houses . .
BEYOND

Does your office issue building or zoning permits for any
areas beyond the geographic boundaries of your jurisdiction?
Yes – Please describe the area

Multifamily apartment or
condominium buildings .
Mixed-use buildings . . .
Senior housing . . . . . .
SEP_PERM

Does your office issue separate permits for:
No – Skip to BPO_OTH
BEYOND_INCPRMS
Does your office include building or zoning permits for these
additional areas in your monthly C-404 report?

Yes – Please explain how to identify these areas

No
BPO_OTH

Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes

No

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

Yes

No

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

Yes

No

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

Yes

No

Individual units in a multifamily building .

Yes

No

Floors or phases in a multifamily building

Yes

No

COMP_CERT
Does your office issue certificate of occupancy permits?
Yes

Does any other office issue building or zoning permits within the
geographic boundaries of your jurisdiction?

No

Yes
No – Skip to CLASS
BPO_INFO
What is the address, telephone number, and contact
information for the other office(s)?
Name
Address
Telephone

NOTES

FORM SOC-QBPO.1 (5-27-2014)

EXPIRE
Does a building permit have an expiration date after a certain
amount of time has passed? If yes, can it be extended or is a
new permit required?
Permits expire, can be extended
Permits expire, new permits required
Permits do not expire

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