Slovenian National Building And Civil Engineering Institute (zavod Za Gradbeništvo Slovenije)

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