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MISSION: To undertake technical activities for the better use of cement.
PRIMARY WORK: Coordinates programs to raise the level of technical processes in use in the
cement factories.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Industry.
PUBLICATIONS: Technicalreports and bulletins.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
BUILDING INSTITUTE FOR TESTING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES (TZUS)
Konviktska 24
113 33 Praha 1
CONTACT: Jiri Petran, Managing Director
MISSION: Research and testing of materials and structures for improved building practices.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research on structures and materials, develops and verifies test
procedures and test apparatus, and encourages state building inspections.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and contract research.
PUBLICATIONS: Quarterly and monthly bulletins of test procedures and research results;
annual reports on defects in structures.
BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (VUPS)
102 21 Praha 10
Hostivar
Prazska 16
CONTACT: Josef Sovadina, Director
MISSION: To focus on the technical development and reconstruction of residential, public,
industrial, and agricultural structures.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research on the theory of building structures in the field of
building physics and chemistry including fire safety; research on the technical development
of residential, public, industrial, and agricultural structures, as well as their elements,
components, and whole systems; new building technologies; and research on the
reconstruction and modernization of residential, public, and industrial buildings.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and building industry enterprises contracts.
PUBLICATIONS: Publications of research results and technical reports for contractors.
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CZECHOSLOVAK BUILDING CENTRE
Vaclavske namesti 31
111 21 Praha 1
CONTACT: Miloslav Matasovsly, Director
MISSION: To influence the development and quality of construction materials and products.
PRIMARY WORK: Provides services to advance information systems: develops methods to assess
materials, performs the testing of quality of building products, and seines as government
testing laboratory.
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SOURCE OF FINANCES: Fees for information services, government, and contracts.
PUBLICATIONS: Quarterly, biannual, and annual publications on building technology;
catalogue of materials; and manuals.
RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE (VUVA)
Letenska 3
118 00 Praha 1
Mala Strana
CONTACT: Vaciav Chyska, Director
MISSION: To serve as central source for building research services.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research in areas of housing, architecture, urbanization,
town-planning, urban planning, economics, environment, and experimental design;
disseminates results to building community; and conducts training conferences.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and parent organizations.
PUBLICATION: Monthly journal.
RESEARCH CENTER FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING (VUIS)
81S 37 Bratislava
Lam acske 8
CONTACT: L. Kompis
MISSION: To perform civil engineering research and documentation services for the building
industry.
PRIMARY WORK: Provides research and consulting services in areas such as bridges, roads,
hydraulic construction, tunnels and other underground structures, and soil and rock
mechanics; licenses foreign technologies.
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