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PRIMARY WORK: Performs official quality control and testing of building materials and
construction equipment; issues quality control certificates, technical standards and
regulations; maintains security control of lifts and building machines; and performs
building inspections. The main laboratories focus on fire resistance, thermal physics,
structural, mechanical, and chemical.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and fees for services.
PUBLICATIONS: Bimonthly journal on building quality, research reports, list of
publications, and standards and guidelines.
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST,
FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING,
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
Muegyetem rkp 3 1 em
1111 Budapest
CONTACT: Otto Halasz, Dean of Civil Engineering
Gyorgy Deak, Dean of Architecture
MISSION: To serve as institution of higher education; the only institution that graduates
certified civil engineers and architects.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research on construction and architecture, structural engineering
and steel structures, geotechnics, road engineering, reinforced concrete, building
materials, building operations and equipment, sanitary engineering, housing, and town
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P annlng.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and university.
PUBLICATIONS: Research reports and journal articles.
ICELAND
BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Keldnaholt
110 Reykjavik
CONTACT: Hakon Olafsson, Director
MISSION: To serve as the government research and testing laboratory.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs work in the areas of concrete, structural engineering, building
technology, soil mechanics, road construction; performs cost analysis; and undertakes
information documentation.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government.
PUBLICATIONS: Technical recommendations and research reports.
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civil engineering
