Uttarakhand: Laboratory inaugurated in CBRI, laboratory will be helpful in seismic testing
In view of the continuous earthquakes in the country, the National Earthquake Engineering Test Facility (NEETF) has been established in the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee. Which is a unique and state-of-the-art initiative of its kind in India. Today the laboratory was inaugurated in CBRI.
Laboratory inaugurated in CBRI
The laboratory was inaugurated in the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee on Tuesday. Let us tell you that CBRI Roorkee has used such technology that the house will not be affected in case of an earthquake. Secretary of Housing and Urban Ministry, Government of India, Srinivas Katikithala formally inaugurated the National Earthquake Engineering Test Facility and 3D Printed Concrete Building Facility Laboratory.
The laboratory will be helpful in seismic testing
Secretary Srinivas Katikithala said that this laboratory will be helpful in seismic testing. Secretary Srinivas said that this is a unique and state-of-the-art testing facility in India. In foreign countries, buildings are tested on this technology. He said that tests can be done up to the height of a four-storey building.
In this way, full-scale printing of buildings will be done using 3D printers. Along with this, an effort will be made to bring technology with safety, climate resilient features at an affordable cost to the common man.
