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

Attachment A
OMB No. 0607-0125: Approval Expires 07/31/2011
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SOC-QBPO.1

FORM
(8-5-2008)

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION
Questionnaire for the Building Permit Official
TO BE COMPLETED BY CENSUS FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
BPO Name

Respondent Name

Address of BPO

Respondent Title

PSU
BPOID

Respondent Telephone Number
RO

TO BE COMPLETED BY RESPONDENT
BPO_BTIME

BEYOND_INCPRMS

What is the preferred time to call or visit this office?

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
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

Yes
No – Skip to

CLASS

BPO_INFO
What is the address, telephone number, and contact
information for the other office?
Name
Address
Telephone

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

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

Residential Commercial

Other

Single-family houses .
Two-unit buildings . .

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

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

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CLASS_COMM

EXTEND_IDENTIFY

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

How can these "extended building permits" be identified?

Yes
No
LOCATESF

SEP_PERM
Does your office issue separate permits for:

Where are the residential building permits in this office
located?

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

Yes

No

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

Yes

No

Interior finishing

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes

No

Attached single-family units . . . . .

Yes

No

Individual units in a multi-family
building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes

No

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

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

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

Yes
No – Skip to

AVAILABLE

LOCATESF

Yes
No – When will they be available?
EXTEND
When a permit expires, can it be extended or is a new
building permit required?
INTERNET

Extended
New permit required – Skip to

LOCATESF

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

EXTEND_LIST
Do you include these extended building permits in your
monthly C-404 report?
Yes
No – Skip to

NOTES

FORM SOC-QBPO.1 (8-5-2008)

LOCATESF

No

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