Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Central Building Research Institute
Explore further
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 the building construction and building material industries in finding timely, appropriate and economical solutions to the problems of materials, rural and urban housing, energy conservation, efficiency, fire hazards, structural and foundation problems and disaster mitigation.
CBRI's activities include:
- Vulnerability assessment of buildings
- Repair & Retrofitting of existing buildings
- Full-scale experimental investigation on buildings for seismic loads
- Post-earthquake Reconnainissance Survey and Damage assessment
- Training to engineers for seismic resistant design, construction
* Vulnerability assessment of buildings
* Repair & Retrofitting of existing buildings,
(Strengthening of hospitals and schools on priority, so as to use them as relief centers in the event of disaster and in post-disaster stage
* Training to engineers for seismic resistant design, construction
NDMA, India
Confined Masonry Network
* Vulnerability assessment of buildings
* Repair & Retrofitting of existing buildings,
(Strengthening of hospitals and schools on priority, so as to use them as relief centers in the event of disaster and in post-disaster stage
* Training to engineers for seismic resistant design, construction
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
No results found.