| The
Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India, has been vested with
the responsibility of generating, cultivating and promoting building science and
technology in the service of the country. Since it's
inception in 1947, the Institute has been assisting in finding timely, appropriate
and economical solutions to the problems of fire hazards, structural and foundation
problems and disaster mitigation among other things. The
Institute maintains linkages with international bodies like CIB, Netherlands;
TWAS, Italy; BRE, U.K.; ASTM, U.S.A.; CSIRO, Australia; RILEM, France; BRS, Canada
and UNCHS, Nairobi, Kenya. At the national level, the Institute
has close interaction with BMTPC, HUDCO, DST, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry
of Rural Areas, Housing Boards and Societies of the State Governments, engineering
and academic institutions, construction and building material industries. CBRI
to work as world class knowledge base for providing solutions to almost all area
of Building / Habitat planning and construction including building materials,
construction technology, fire engineering and disaster mitigation construction. |