We are also involved in the technical commercial area and in national and international standardisation, in collaboration with CTU in Prague and with the Czech Republic as the whole. We were the first research institute to be set up at CTU, and we are one of the four oldest self-standing research institutes in Europe. The Institute was established in 1921, and was called the Research and Experimental Institute of Materials and Building Constructions. Frantisek Klokner, a professor at CTU, was the instigator, the founder and the first head of the Institute, which now bears his name. It has four technical departments and the Composite Centre, an accredited laboratory. Since 1986, the Institute has also been a court expertworkplace in the Read more