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PRIMARY WORK: Performs research in soils and foundations, acoustics, materials, fire
secunty, and building physics; tests large structural systems and products; operates
bibliographic center and documentation center; assists firms to find solutions to technical
problems and regulations; and performs testing and trading in advanced studies in
construction and building physics.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Fees for services and levy from construction firms.
PUBLICATIONS: Results of research, monthly and bimonthly journals, proceedings, and
monographs.
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
ACADEMY OF BUILDING OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
1123 Berlin
Plauener Strasse
MISSION: To serve as the principal building research institute in West Germany.
PRIMARY WORK: Provides research, development, planning, design, and consulting in
architecture, civil engineering, and building construction through its 12 institutes: Town
Planning and Architecture; Housing and Related Buildings; Industrial Buildings;
Agricultural Buildings; Civil Engineering; Technology and Mechanization; Design and
Standardization; Heating, Ventilating, and Structural Theory; Building Materials;
Economics; Building Information Center; and Experimental Projects Division.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and fees for services.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports, technical notes, and specialty publications.
TECHNICAL UNIVERSllY OF DRESDEN,
SECTIONS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
Mommsenstrasse 13
8027 Dresden
CONTACT: Professor Kurth, Dean
MISSION: To provide building research and advanced education in social, natural, and
technical sciences.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research in civil engineering, architecture, water engineering,
computer-aided manufacturing, building diagnostics, heat and moisture transfer,
maintenance, modernization, and reconstruction.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government, university, and building industry.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports and professional journals.
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