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questions, e.g., fire technology, energy research and development, and load-bearing
construction.
PUBLICATION: Catalogue.
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK
DK 2800 Lyogby
CONTACT: Torben C. Hansen, Director, Building Materials Laboratory
MISSION: Education, research, and testing to advance test and measurement methods,
building standards, and building practices.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs work in the following areas: building materials; structural
reliability and design; soil and rock mechanics; foundation engineering; environmental
engineering; hydrology and coastal engineering; building physics; heat production,
distribution, and recovery; building technology; planning and executing construction
contracts; and managerial related assistance.
SOURCES OF FINANCE: Government, Commission of the European Communities, and sponsored
research.
PUBLICATIONS: Professional and scientific journals, theses, research reports, bulletins,
periodic reports, and annual lists of publications.
ECUADOR
GUAYAQUIL CHAMBER OF CONSTRUCTION
Simon Rodriguez y Pedro Gaul
CDLA Bolivariana
PeOe Box 8955
Guayaquil
CONTACT: Hernan Benites, President
Antonio Belrran, General Manager
MISSION: To further the development of the construction industry and the search for better
conditions for construction activities.
PRIMARY WORK Provides direct services to associates; analyzes economic trends as they
affect the construction industry; proposes laws and by-laws for the improvement of the -
legal conditions for the construction industry; and protects contractors under difficult
operating conditions.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Membership fees and related services.
PUBLICATIONS: Bimonthly technical bulletins.
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EGYPT
GENERAL ORGANIZATION FOR HOUSING, BUILDING, AND PLANNING
RESEARCH (GOHBP)
El-Tahreer Street
Dokki, Giza
P.O.Box 1770
Cairo
CONTACT: Abov Zeid Ragrh, Chairman
MISSION: To provide research and technical development in the fields of housing, building,
and planning.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs work in foundations and underground structures, regional and town
planning, building materials, building physics, and in financial and administrative
management.
SOURCE OF nNANCES: Government, contract research, and international grants.
PUBLICATIONS: Professional journals and research reports.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR WOOD RESEARCH,
WILHELM KLAUDITZ INSTITUT
Bienroder Weg 54 E
D-3300 Braunschweig
CONTACT: G. Kossatz, Director
MISSION: To improve wood as a raw material; to develop wood-based materials; to
investigate wood's practical application; and to undertake research on adhesives and
surface coatings for wood and wood-based products, process automation, properties and use
of wood-based building materials and structural members, and investigations on
environmental pollution (analyses of emissions).
PRIMARY WORK: In addition to research and development, seminars and conferences on wood
and wood products are held for professionals and other interested persons.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and contract research financed by industry and business
associations.
PUBLICATIONS: Journals;research reports.
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FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING (BAM)
Unter den Eichen 87
D 1000 Berlin 45
CONTACT: G. W. Becker, President
MISSION: To establish test methods and perform materials research and chemical safety engineering.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs work in developing test methods and testing building materials; transit g;
and performs research in metals, structures, organic materials, materials nondestructive testing,
and chemical engineering safety.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and fees for research.
PUBLICATIONS: Quarterly journal, annual report, technical standards, research reports, and
documentation.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY RESEARCH INSTITUI1: (BAST)
Bruederstrasse 53
D 5060 Berg~sch Gladbach 1
CONTACT: Heinrich Praxenthaler, President
MISSION: To serve as central research institute for highway design and construction.
PRIMARY WORK: Provides services In highway construction and networks, environmental impact, and
traffic safety.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government.
PUBLICATIONS: Serial publications, papers, and special reports.
FEDERAL WATERWAY ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH INSTIIIJI~ (BAW)
Kussmaulstrasse 17
D-7500 Karlsrube 21
CONTACT: H. P. Tzschucke, Head of the Construction Department
MISSION: The Department of Civil Engineering Construction within the BAW serves as a research and
advisory center for the Federal Waterway Authorities.
PRIMARY WORK: Analysis and expert opinion about existing civil engineering construction and
materials; research and advice for the repair of old construction; and collection and evaluation of
practical experiences in the fields of concrete and steel structures, corrosion protection, and
materials for civil engineering.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government.
PUBLICATIONS: "Mitteilungsblatt der BAW"; "BAW-Brief."
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GERMAN SOCIETY OF MASONRY CONSTRUCTION
Kortumstrasse 50
4300 Essen
CONTACT: Klaus Gobel, President
MISSION: To serve as the technical laboratory for masonry producers.
PRIMARY WORK: Technical assistance to improve masonry problems.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Membership fees.
PUBLICATIONS: Technical standards.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR BUILDING AND HOUSING
Silberbugstrasse 160
7000 Stuttgart 1
CONTACT: J. Herkommer, Chairman of Board
MISSION: To serve as the central source for providing technical assistance to the building
community.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research on building, housing economics, and town and regional
planning.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports and specialty publications.
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CEMENT INDUSTRY,
ASSOCIATION OF THE GERMAN CEMENT WORKS (VDZ)
Tannenstrasse 2
Postfach 3010 63
D 4000 Dusseldorf 30
CONTACT: J. Bonzel and F. W. Locher, Heads
MISSION: To serve as a technical resource for the manufacturers and users of cement.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research in cement and concrete technology, chemistry,
manufacturing, environmental protection, and safety.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Membership dues.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, biannual reports, information circulars, and technical
notes.
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INSTITUTION FOR RESEARCH AND MATERIAL TESTING (FMPA)
Plaffenwaldr~g 4
D 7000 Stuttgart 80
CONTACT: Gallus Rehm, Director
MISSION: To serve as a research facility for testing and development.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research on building materials and structures, fires, and performs
chemical analysis.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government grants and fees for research.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, bibliographies, and professional and scientific
journals.
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING PHYSICS (IBP)
Nobelstrasse 12
D 7000 Stuttgart 80 (Vaihingen)
CONTACT: Fridolin P. Mechel, Director, Acoustics Department
Karl Gertis, Director, Heat/Climates Department
MISSION: To serve as primary research and testing laboratory.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research in architectural and industrial acoustics, heat and
moisture migration, energy conservation, indoor climate, and weathering; develops test
methods for construction and structural elements.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Fees for research and government grants.
PUBLICATIONS: Research results and specialty publications.
INFORMATION CENTER FOR REGIONAL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION (IRB)
Nobelstrasse 12
D 7000 Stuttgart 80
CONTACT: W.Wissmann,Director
MISSION: To serve as the central information agency for building construction, town
planning, and regional planning and housing.
PRIMARY WORK: Collects and analyzes technical and scientific information from literature
and research sources; stores information on a data base from which all information services
are derived.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and sales of services.
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PUBLICATIONS: Bibliographies, literature information services, specialized periodicals
with references to new publications and short reports on building research, catalogues of
building research reports, FINDEX (facet-oriented indexing system), and ICONDA
Communication Format (exchange format for the International Construction Data Base).
INSTITUTE OF BUILDING RESEARCH (IFB)
An der Markuskirche 1
D 3000 Hannover 1
CONTACT: Herbert Menkhoff, Director
MISSION: To serve as the central source for building research.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research in physics and construction, techniques and experimental
construction, and planning and productivity.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Fees for research, grants, and government.
PUBLICATIONS: Monthly journal, research reports, professional journal, and specialized
publications.
MATERIALS TESTING INSTITUTE, NORTH-RHINE-WESTPHALIA
P.O. Box 4103 07
Marsbruchstr 186
D-4600 Dortmund 41
CONTACT: A. Kremeier, Director
MISSION: To serve as a test institute for industry and public authorities.
PRIMARY WORK: Tests materials and structures; conducts applied research and production
conformity control.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government.
PUBLICATIONS: Biannual reports and special publications of staff members in periodicals.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR UNDERGROUND TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES, INC. (STUVA)
Mathias-Bruggen-Str. 41
D-5000 Koln 30
CONTACT: A. Haack, Manager
MISSION: Independent research institute in the fields of urban traffic (railway, road,
pedestrian traffic) in tunnels and on the surface, environmental protection (noise,
vibration, fumes), tunneling technology, and underground services and utility tunnels.
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PRIMARY WORK: Research and consulting, testing, information, and data bases.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and contracts.
PUBLICATIONS: Journal, book series, and research reports.
INSTIT111~ OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY (IPBI)
Reichpietschufer 72-76
1000 Berlin 30
CONTACT: G. Breitschaft, President
MISSION: To serve as a central source for civil engineering and building technology
issues.
PRIMARY WORK: Provides services in civil engineering, prestressed steel, metallurgy,
public works, concrete, plastics, building physics, fire protection, documentation,
standardization; issues approval marks on quality control.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and fees for approvals.
PUBLICATIONS: Bimonthly periodicals and lists of approvals.
INSTITUTE FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE (IBS)
Land sberge r s tr as s e 414
8000 Munchen 60
CONTACT: H. Martin, Director
MISSION: To serve members with laboratory and testing expertise.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research and testing in reinforced concrete structures, methods of
analysis, durability, and test methods.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Contract research and member fees.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports and professional journals.
BUILDING DIVISION OF THE GERMAN STANDARDS INSTITUTION
Burggrafenstrasse 4-10
Postfach 1107
D 1000 Berlin 30
CONTACT: H. Bub, President
MISSION: To establish and coordinate all building standards and codes.
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PRIMARY WORK: Through more than 300 working committees develops basic and planning
standards, measuring standards, unified technical building regulations; addresses town and
country planning, foundations, building components and elements, concrete, steel
construction, finishings, roads, highways and bridges, and industrial and agricultural
buildings.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and associations interested in standardization.
PUBLICATIONS: Periodic issues of standardization news and technical standards and
regulations.
COMPUTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR DATA PROCESSING IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING (RIB)
Schulze-Delitzsch-Strasse 2~3
D 7000 Stuttgart 80
CONTACT: Wolfgang Haas, General Manager
MISSION: Civil engineering research and software development.
PRIMARY WORK: Provides services in development of computer-aided design,
computer-integrated drafting, structural analysis, highway design, and quantity surveying.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Contracted research and sale of software.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, technical papers, and user manuals.
AACHEN TECHNICAL UNIVERSIlY,
INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING RESEARCH
Schinkelstrasse 3
D-5100 Aachen
CONTAC[: H. R. Sasse, Director
P. Schiebl, Director
P. Schubert
MISSION: Research, testing, development, and application of building materials.
PRIMARY WORK: Research and development in the field of building materials, especially
concrete, steel, masonry, use of waste materials, and polymers; special emphasis on basic
behavior and properties, testing methods, and durability.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and contract research.
PUBLICATIONS: Annual report, publications, and books.
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DARMSTADT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,
INSTITUTE FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES (THD/IFM)
Al exan ders t r ass e 5
6100 Darmstadt
CONTACT: Gert Konig, Director IFFY
Joost Walraven
Hans-Wolf Reinhardt
MISSION: To serve as technical laboratory resource to the building community.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research In structural and earthquake analysis, materials,
reinforced concrete, and prestressed concrete detailing and design.
SOURCES OF FINANCE: Government, research contracts, and university.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, papers published in professional journals, and Darmstadt
Concrete.
DARMSTADT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,
INFORMATION PROCESSING IN BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
ORGANIZATIONS (IVB)
Petersenstrasse 13
61000 Darmstadt
CONTACT: He~zSchwarz,Director
MISSION: To serve as technical laboratory resource to the building community.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs work in building planning and design, information storage and
retrieval, and evaluation of software and test procedures.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government, research contracts, and university.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, papers published in professional journals, and specialty
publications.
DARMSTADT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,
INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION
Technical University
Alexanderstrasse 7
61000 Darmstadt
CONTACT: J. G. Bouwkamp
MISSION: Research on design, fabrication, and construction of land-based and offshore
steel structures; materials testing; proof testing under static, cyclic, and random dynamic
loads; service to industry; and continuing education.
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PRIMARY WORK: Static, cyclic, dynamic, and pseudodynamic testing of piping elements,
systems, and support devices; earthquake resistance of piping systems and composite
steel/concrete connections, assemblies, and frames under pseudodynamic loads using
integrated CAT (Computer-Aided Testing) methods; full-scale, on-site dynamic studies of
buildings, bridges, towers, and other civil engineering structures through field
measurements; fire testing of connections and members; advisory services on structural
engineering, including linear and nonlinear stability; and development of CAL
(Computer-Aided Learning) and CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) systems for teaching and
design.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and service to industry.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports and dissertations.
BERLIN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,
INSTITUTE OF SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Strasse des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. B7
D-1000 Berlin 12
CONTACT: S. Savidis, Director
MISSION: Education and research work in civil engineering and consulting.
PRIMARY WORK: Lectures and seminars in soil mechanics, dynamics, and foundation
engineering; theoretical and experimental research activities, e.g., in earthquake
engineering with numerical investigations and model tests on a shake table; consulting and
laboratory investigations.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government, research projects, consulting, and sales of services
(laboratory).
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports.
BERLIN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,
INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND MATERIAL STRENGTH (IBF),
HERMANN RIETSCHEL INSTIllTrE FOR HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING
ENGINEERING (HRI)
Strasse des 17 Juni 135
D 1000 Berlin 12
CONTACT: M. Specht, Director, IBF
Horst Esdom, Managing Director, HRI
MISSION: To provide teaching and research laboratory capabilities.
PRIMARY WORK: IBF performs research on buildings and bridges, prefabricated construction,
light metal construction, and concrete materials. HRI performs research on fundamentals of
HVAC and energy conservation and tests heating components.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: University, industry, and contracted research.
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PUBLICATIONS: HVAC text books, research results, and professional journals.
BRAUNSCHWEIG TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF
BUILDING MATERIAL, REINFORCED CONCRETE AND FIRE PROTECTION
Beethovenstrasse 52
3300 Braunschweig
CONTACT: Karl Kordina and F. S. Rostasy, Directors
MISSION: To educate and serve as a research laboratory.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research and testing of building materials and reinforced and
prestressed structural elements, acoustics, chemistry and physics of building materials,
fire testing, behavior of materials in fire, and fire engineering design.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government, research contracts, and fees for testing.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports and publications In professional journals.
BRAUNSCHWEIG TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,
INSTITllIE FOR STATICS (STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS)
Beethovenstrasse 51
D-3300 Braunschweig
CONTACT: Heinz Duddeck
MISSION: Research institute for analysis of civil engineering and underground structures.
PRIMARY WORK: Analysis in structural engineering, tunnels, nonlinear methods, plasticity,
and underground structures in rock and salt rock.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and research societies.
PUBLICATIONS: Reports on research work and periodicals.
ESSEN UNIVERSITY,
INSTITUTE OF BUILDING PHYSICS
P.O. Box 68 43
D 4300 Essen 1
MISSION: To provide academic training and to serve as research laboratory.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs work in energy conservation, thermal insulation, solar technology,
acoustics, moisture migration, thermal stresses on structures, and environmental issues.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Research contracts and university.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports and specialty reports.
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HANNOVER llNIVERSIlY,
INSTITUTE OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND MATERIALS TESTING
Nienburger Strasse 3
D-3000 Hoover 1
CONTACT: H. J. Wierig
MISSION: Lectures and research in the field of building materials, development of
technologies, and quality control.
PRIMARY WORK: Research on concrete, masony, and mortars.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government, governmental and industrial research funds, and sales of
services.
PUBLICATIONS: Mitteilungen aus dem Institute fur Baustoff/alnde und Materialprufungder
Universitat Ha'' n over.
UNIVERSITY OF HANNOVER,
INSTITUTE FOR HYDRAULICS AND COASTAL ENGINEERING
Nienburger Strasse 4
D-3000 Hannover
CONTACT: Managing Director
MISSION: Execution of scientific studies in hydraulics and coastal engineering; special
interest in waves, tides and sedimentation, harbours, estuaries and coastal protection,
hydraulic structures, hydraulic modeling.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Governmental institutions, research funds, and clients in Germany and
abroad.
PUBLICATION: Mitteilungen des Franzius-Instituts (biannually3.
STUTTGART UNIVERSITY,
INSTITUTE FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Pfaffenwaldr~g 7
D-7000 Stuttgart 80
CONIACI: E. H. J. Schiaich, Director
MISSION: Research institute serving the University of Stuttgart.
PRIMARY WORK: Teaching and theoretical and experimental research in the field of
reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; code work in cooperation with national and
international organizations; expertises and research in the field of cable net structures
and mixed-use structures.
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SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government, research funds of organizations, and industry.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, papers in technical journals, and textbooks.
STtllTGART UNIVERSITY,
INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT,
INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Pfaffenwaldring 7
Postfach 80 1140
D 7000 Stuttgart 80
CONTACT: G. Drees, Director
E. Ramm, Director
MISSION: To provide academic education and serve as a research laboratory.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research in construction management, organization of construction,
energy use, cost control and structural analysis, computer programming, stability of
structures, structural optimization, project management, and organization of construction
companies, and controlling.
SOURCES OF FINANCE: Government.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, bulletins, technical and professional journals, and
textbooks.
STUTTGART UNIVERSITY,
GEOTECHNICAL INSTrrUIE: FOR UNDERGROUND BUILDING,
SOIL MECHANICS, ROCK MECHANICS, AND TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION
Pfaffenwaldring 35
P.O. Box 80 1140
D-7000 Stuttgart 80
CONTACT: U.Smoltczyk
MISSION: Research laboratory for soil mechanics, rock mechanics, foundation engineering,
and tunneling problems.
PRIMARY WORK: Research, teaching, and consulting.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Govermental bonds and sales of services.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports.
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