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In 1984 and 1985 two weekend workshops were held by BSRIA to identify actions needed to satisfy problems foreseen for the industry in the year 2000. The results of these workshops were reported in BSRIA TN 5/85 and led to a number of long-range activities being taken up across the industry. In 1989 it was decided to repeat the project in a similar way, with about 50 representatives from across the industry being invited, first to identify problems and then six months later, to suggest actions leading to solutions. No restrictions were placed on the identification of problems, so that duplication could have occurred if the same problems existed in 1989 as had been identified in 1984. In the event some very different items were raised and were made the subject of four parallel syndicate discussions in 1991. The workshops were held on 9 - 11 November, 1990 and 19 - 21 April, 1991.