BBRI is on a mission to * to perform scientific and technical research for the benefit of its members * to supply technical information, assistance and consultancy to its members * to contribute in general to innovation and development in the construction sector in particular by performing contract research upon request of the industry and the authorities.
The Belgian Building Research Institute is a private research institute founded in 1960 under impulse of the National Federation of Belgian Building Contractors in application of the so-called "De Groote" decree-law of 1947.
This decree-law named after the former Minister of Economic Affairs was specifically aimed at the promotion of applied research in the construction industry, in order to improve its competitiveness.
In application of this decree-law, the statutory members of the BBRI are the more than 90,000 Belgian construction companies (general contractors, carpenters, glaziers, plumbers, roofers, floorers, plasterers, painters, etc..), mostly SMEs.
According to its statutes, the BBRI has the following three main tasks:
To fulfil these tasks, the BBRI pools on the expertise of more than 200 highly skilled and motivated staff members coming from various educational backgrounds, working in multidisciplinary teams depending on the treated subject.
More than half the BBRI’s income comes from the fees of its member construction companies. The balance takes the form of subsidies from regional, federal and European authorities (research projects), as well as of development contracts with public and private institutions or companies.
More details and figures can be found in our Annual Report.
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