LNEC LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Scientific Council Concrete Dams Department Buildings Departmant Structures Department Geotechnique Department Hydraulics and Environment Department Materials Department Transportation Department Scientific Instrumentation Centre Construction Quality Centre Finance and Property Department Facilities and Maintenance Department Human Resources Department Divisions Advisory and Control Bodies

CONCRETE DAMS DEPARTMENT FOUNDATIONS AND UNDERGROUN WORKS DIVISION APPLIED GEODESY DIVISION NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELLING DIVISION MONITORING DIVISION

BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT ACOUSTICS AND LIGHTING DIVISION ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN-PLANNING DIVISION BUILDING COMPONENTS AND INSTALLATION DIVISION SOCIAL ECOLOGY DIVISION ECONOMY AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DIVISION BUILDINGS FINISHES AND THERMAL INSULATION DIVISION CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

STRUCTURES DEPARTMENT STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR DIVISION EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS DIVISION TIMBER STRUCTURES DIVISION MONITORING OF STRUCTURES DIVISION

GEOTECHNIQUE DEPARTMENT ENBANKMENT DAMS AND EARTHWORKS DIVISION FOUNDATIONS, SLOPES AND RETAINING STRUCTURES DIVISION ENGINEERING GEOLOGY DIVISION ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNIQUE DIVISION TUNNELS DIVISION

HYDRAULICS AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT GROUNDWATER DIVISION SANITARY ENGINEERING DIVISION ESTUARY AND COSTAL ZONES DIVISION HARBOURS AND MARITIME STRUCTURES DIVISION WATER RESOURCES AND HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES DIVISION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

MATERIALS DEPARTMENT CONCRETE DIVISION CEMENTS AND CERAMIC MATERIALS DIVISION METALIC MATERIALS DIVISION PLASTIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES DIVISION MATERIALS AND ORGANIC COATINGS DIVISION

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT INFASTRUCTURES DIVISION PLANNING, TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY DIVISION

SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION CENTRE ELECTROTECHNICAL SYSTEMS DIVISION MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DIVISION METROLOGICAL QUALITY DIVISION

CONSTRUCTION QUALITY CENTRE STANDARDISATION AND REGULATIONS DIVISION TECHNICAL APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION DIVISION

ACTIVITY LINES PROGRAMMED RESEARCH UNDER CONTRACT SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

TABLE RESEARCH PLAN The natural heritage: its development, protection and rehabilitation 2 - The constructed heritage: its construction, maintenance and rehabilitation 3 – Materials, methodologies, technologies and quality in civil engineering

1 - Natural heritage: its development, protection and rehabilitation SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES Terrestrial environment Geology and environmental geotechnique. Earthquakes Water resources Surface-water and groundwater. Natural and technological risks Marine environment Estuaries and coastal zones. Coastal geology. Natural and technological risks.

2 - Constructed heritage: its construction, maintenance and rehabilitation SPECIFIC PROGRAMMS 2.1 – Land-use planning, construction of the habitat and historic heritage Urban planning. Architecture. Comfort. Pollution. Social and human sciences. Sanitary engineering. Maintenance and rehabilitation. 2.2 – Large fixed equipment Bridges and other large structures, dams, hydraulic equipment, tunnels and other geotechnical structures. Support to the design, monitoring of performance, safety and durability 2.3 – Transport infrastructures Roads, airports, railways and harbours. Construction technologies, operation of road transport infrastructures and quality of life.

3 – Materials, Methodologies, Technologies and Quality SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES 3.1 – Materials and construction technologies Materials, building components and building methods. Development, characterisation and performance. 3.2 – Quality Standardisation, regulations, technical

Breakdown of LNECS work in 2003

The external financing of LNECs programmed research activities in 2003

EXPENDITURE 2003 Outras despesas correntes de funcionamento % Despesas de capital de funcionamento % Despesas de investimento correntes % Despesas de investimento de capital % Despesas com pessoal % Vencimentos de todo o pessoal % Acção social comparticipada % Remunerações não permanentes %

INCOME ,4% Prestação de serviços C&T ; 37% Outras receitas próprias ; 2% Transferências IMOPI, INAC e INTF ; 4% Saldo de Funcionamento integrado de ; 2% Saldo de Investimentos integrado de 2002 e ; 6% Cap. 50 do OE ; 7% Orçamento do Estado ; 39% Co-financiamento de projectos e acções pelo MCES, IAPMEI, UE e GAERE ; 3%