Important results

Related to the existing staff possibilities and the equipment at the Department for Civil Engineering and Geodesy, significant results have been obtained in the following fields of construction:

• Structure assessment, repairs and maintenance;
• Developing and applying contemporary building materials;
• Introducing European standards into national construction;
• Aseismic calculations for structures;
• Introducing the construction project management system;
• Analysing conditions of hydrotechnic systems and structures;
• Geotechnical analyses on the stability of soil and facilities;
• Developing traffic infrastructure base and systematisation.

Research

Within the research fields at the Department for Civil Engineering and Geodesy, over 70 scientific and research projects have been realized and more than 3,000 scientific and professional papers have been presented in the country and abroad. Fields of research:
• Materials in building and concrete technology;
• Structural theory;
• Structures in construction;
• Structure assessment and repair;
• Building organization and technology;
• Construction management;
• Hydrotechnics;
• Geotechnics;
• Geodesy;
• Road networks.

Currently, the following projects are being realized and financed by the Ministry of Science and Technical Development of the Republic of Serbia:

• Development and application of the overall approach to designing new structures and safety assessment of the existing structures for reducing seismic risk in Serbia;
• Researches on the possibility for the application of waste and recycled materials in concrete composites, with the evaluation on the impact on environment, in order to promote sustainable construction in Serbia;
• Development of the system to support the decision-making process for the demands of integral management of water resources in a watershed;
• Development of the hydro-information system for drought monitoring and early announcement;
• Research on the influence of traffic vibrations on high buildings and people in the sense of sustainable city development;
• Improvement in the energy efficiency of buildings in Serbia and improvement of national regulation capacities for their certification;
• Technical and economic measures for increasing the efficiency
of irrigation and drainage.

Cooperation with industry

The programme for industry support, among others, considers the following:
• Researches and elaborates in the field of geomechanics, geotechnics and foundations;
• Recording and manufacturing surveying bases;
• Field (non-destructive and destructive) testing of materials and structures (bridges, crane beams, stands, roof structures, reinforcement, etc.);
• Standard laboratory research on main types of building materials (binders, mortars, concrete, construction ceramics, concrete masonry, etc);
• Elaborating recipes for plain and special kinds of concrete and concrete design for all types of building structures;
• Diagnosing, condition assessments and project elaborations for repairing building structures;
• Elaborating architectural and construction designs for all types of high building structures, hydro-structures and construction facilities;
• Designing hydrotechnic systems for water supply and sewerage in towns and industry, systems for river regulation and building navigable channels, systems for flood protection, hydro amelioration systems for draining and irrigating agricultural areas, systems for protecting and arranging surface and for underground waters;
• Designing projects for building organization and technology for all types of building structures;
• Technical projects in construction;
• Elaborating documentation for improving business in construction companies;
• Elaborating preliminary feasibility studies and building feasibility studies for all types of building structures;
• Expertise and studies;
• Engineering of the overall building processes for all types of structures;
• Forensic testimonies in the field of construction;
• Supervising manufacturing building structures and systems;
• Technical acceptance of all types of building structures.