The Construction and Building Materials Lab at the IRC-CBM is a research facility dedicated to the development of innovative construction and building materials. The lab is equipped with latest equipment for testing of concrete and other materials in compression and tension. Equipment for determining the properties of concrete and cementitious materials in fresh and hardened state, shrinkage evolution of materials, ovens for conditioning of materials, evolution of temperature in concrete in fresh state, mixers, thermal curing tanks and several others are available in this laboratory for researchers and faculty members.  

Major Equipment at Construction & Building Materials Laboratory

Automatic concrete compression and flexural test machine 5000 kN Capacity	Concrete compression  machine 2000 kN Capacity
High temperature furnace	Interlocking Brick Machine
Large Capacity Bench Oven	Oven small cabinet
Pan and Drum Mixer	Analog Bench Oven
Air entrainment	Extensometer
Vibrating Table	Water curing tanks

Sieve setup

Heavy duty masonry saw

Isothermal calorimeter

Flowability Apparatus

 

Electronic Sensitive Balance

Self compacting concrete testing

Bulk Density and Bleeding Apparatus

Vicats Apparatus

Electromechanical Shear Testing Machine	Vibrating poker for concrete compaction
600 tones Hydraulic Cylinder	Mortar mixer