Download or read book International Directory of Building Research Information and Development Organizations written by International Council for Building Research, Studies and Documentation and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every entry follows a standard pattern: after the address and telephone number of the institution there is a brief description of its history and financial support, followed by the names of the senior staff, total number of staff, the institution's structure and services, its main research programmes and a list of its publications. For this new edition a subject index has been added, allowing the reader to identify centres of research activity on individual construction topics throughout the world. The world-wide investment in construction industry research is enormous. This unique directory is a guidebook to that investment which will enable its readers to isolate sources of advice on practical problems, information on national standards and requirements and potential research collaborators.