(2)The Board may,-(a)provide technical advice to the Government and scrutinize projects under housing, improvement or building schemes when required by Government to do so;(b)undertake research on various problems connected with housing in general and find out in particular the economical methods of constructing houses suited to local conditions;(c)undertake comprehensive surveys of problems of housing;(d)do all things necessary for-(i)unification, simplification and standardisation of building materials;(ii)encouraging pre-fabrication and mass production of house components;(iii)organising and running workshops, garages and stores for manufacture, sale, stock-piling and supply of building materials, required for housing, improvement or building schemes;(iv)securing a steady and sufficient supply of workmen trained in the work of construction of buildings.
