Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije (ZAG) - Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute
Research - Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije (ZAG) - Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute Employees
Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije (ZAG) - Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute Details
Slovenian national building and civil engineering institute or Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije (ZAG Ljubljana) is the leading Slovenian institute in the field of building and civil engineering. The organization is widely recognized both in Slovenia and in other countries by means of its experts, top-class equipment and multi-disciplinary work, including life cycle analyses of different construction materials. Its research and testing sector is divided up into four departments: materials, building physics, structures, and geotechnics and infrastructure, it also has its own department for metrology. In the field of tasks deriving from the CPR (the Construction Products Regulation) it has two independent services: the Certification Service and the Service for Technical Assessments. ZAG is involved in the international co-operation in science and technology with institutions from the EU, the USA and other countries. ZAG's researchers are mostly oriented towards applied research work, which contribute to the latest scientific results. Over the last 10 years ZAG has participated in more than 50 projects funded from the EU (4th - 7th FP).• fundamental and applied research in the fields of materials and structures,• certification and attestation of conformity of products, materials and executed works,• tests, measurements and monitoring of structures, external and internal building environment,• research, measurements and monitoring in the field of the efficient use of energy and renewables,• engineering tests and analyses,• revisions of building, civil engineering and technological designs, and of designs for transport devices, • calibration and verification of measures, standards and reference materials,• control, calibration and attestation of conformity of measuring devices, apparatus, testing machines and individual elements of industrial systems,• training of research and technical staff, participation in the preparation of standards.
