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The Minister of Universities and Research Company, Salvador Marin, opened this afternoon, accompanied by Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, the new headquarters of Construction Technology Center (CTCON) in the industrial West, which has three laboratories for R & D and office space.
The regional government has invested 200,000 euros in this facility, "which gives the companies the construction sector in the region of an important platform to increase its innovation key to enhancing the competitiveness of their products and processes in order to overcome the crisis creating jobs and wealth, "said Salvador Marin.
The main studies on R + D + i that are being developed in CTCON now have to do with improving the quality of the mortar to prevent discoloration due to accumulation of salts, increasing the durability of concrete, increasing its stability to better withstand the test of time as well as new self-cleaning Terraces and decontaminating properties also isolates high performance, be they thermal, acoustic or fire, among others.
In this sense, José Ballesta CTCON added that "has become a key agency for development of progress in the construction sector in the Region, and with these new facilities will develop their work and become a better catalyst for promoting quality in the construction sector. "
Marin said that "from the regional government are firmly committed to all those involved in the Science and Technology, which act as engines of our productive sectors in relation to business.
Therefore, spare no resources to provide, for example, technology centers as CTCON, which this year support from the Institute of Development with 364,000 euros, together with contributions of companies allowed to have a budget of over one million euros for R + D + i ".
Other major fields of action of the Technical Unit CTCOM Certification of products under the brand CTV (Technical Quality Verified) for construction products, created by demand from businesses, or technology services with high added value, which in the sector not found, such as its committee of experts and renowned professionals from various fields provide a multidisciplinary approach to tackling a specific problem affecting the construction companies.
Furthermore, it should be emphasized its educational.
"It shows the support of the Ministry of Public Works and Planning to the construction industry is working with the CTCON, since its creation in the holding of conferences and courses on quality control in the arid or materials such as concrete oriented to the promotion of quality through training of professionals in the use of the latest trends in research in these fields, "concluded Jose Ballesta.
Source: CARM
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