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SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES
75 Wan Ping Road
Shanghai
CONTACT: Pu Wang, Director
MISSION: To provide building research and testing services.
PRIMARY WORK: Performs research on structural engineering, building materials,
construction machinery, building physics, computer techniques for construction, and
economics and building information systems.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government ministries and research contracts.
PUBLICATIONS: Various publications on research activities and results.
TIANJIN FIRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
P.O. Box 27
Tianjin
CONTACT: B~ngyao Xu, Director
MISSION: To undertake research on fire growth and spread and applied techniques in fire
prevention and extinguishment.
PRIMARY WORK: The Tianj~n Fire Research Institute is involved in research on the
combustion property of materials and techniques in fire prevention and explosion venting;
the theory of fire modeling and testing techniques; techniques of fire statistics, fire
investigation, and fire-cause determination; fire ext~ngu~shants, fire resistance, and
fire-resistant materials; applied techniques of automatic fire alarm and automatic
fire-ext~nguishing eng~neenng; fire standards and fire prevention codes. The institute is
also the National Center for Inspection and Testing of Product Quality-of Fixed Fire
Extinguishing System and Fire Resistant Building Components. The center tests fire
extinguishants, fire-ext~nguishing systems' components, and building components.
SOURCE OF FINANCES: Government and fees for services.
PUBLICATIONS: Journal and newsletter.
COLOMBIA
COLOMBIAN INSTIIIJ1~ OF CEMENT PRODUCERS
P.O. Box 52816
Medellin
CONTACT: Carlos A. Ossa, Executive Director
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