Areas of activity

• Granting of European technical approvals (ETA) for construction products and systems (kits) by virtue of the Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) of 21. December 1988 transposed in Germany by the Bauproduktengesetz ("Construction Products Law") on 10. August 1992.
• Granting of allgemeine bauaufsichtliche Zulassungen
  Certification listing
  A certification listing is a document used to guide installations of certified products against which a field installation is compared to make sure that it complies with a regulation, such as a building code...
  
  ('national technical approvals') for construction products and types of construction on the basis of the building laws of the Laender of the Federal Republic of Germany
  States of Germany
  Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
  
  .
• Preparation of technical decisions such as the list of Technische Baubestimmungen ("Technical construction regulations")
• Accreditation
  Accreditation
  Accreditation is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented.Organizations that issue credentials or certify third parties against official standards are themselves formally accredited by accreditation bodies ; hence they are sometimes known as "accredited...
  
   of testing laboratories, inspection bodies, and certification bodies according to the Bauproduktengesetz ("Construction Products Law") (European relevance) or according to the Landesbauordnungen ("Building codes of the Bundesländer
  States of Germany
  Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
  
  ") (national relevance).
• Participation in the drafting of technical rules (standards in particular) at national, European, and international levels.
• To suggest, place, report on, and attend to technical studies including building research contracts as well as to evaluate building research reports.
• To deliver expert reports on technical matters for the parties to the agreement (Federal Government and Laender
  States of Germany
  Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
  
  ).
• To carry out type tests.
• In addition to the above referenced items, DIBt has also published a standard for testing the longevity of intumescent
  Intumescent
  An intumescent is a substance which swells as a result of heat exposure, thus increasing in volume, and decreasing in density. Intumescents are typically used in passive fire protection and, in America, require listing and approval use and compliance in their installed configurations in order to...
  
   products.

Organisation

• Division Z General Affairs
• Division I Civil engineering
  Civil engineering
  Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
  
   (Bautechnisches Prüfamt)
• Division II Structural design, Building Physics, Health Protection
• Division III Fire protection
  Fire protection
  Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of...
  
  , Technical Building Equipment

Committees

• The Verwaltungsrat ("Supervisory board") is one of the two bodies of the Institute. They decide on all fundamental affairs (promulgation of statutes, appointment of the president, determination of the budget, formation of Ausschüsse (Committee
  Committee
  A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
  
  s) für Grundsatzfragen ("committees dealing with basic issues") and their composition, formation and staffing of Sachverständigenausschüsse ("expert committees")); however, it is also their responsibility to finance DIBt according to the Agreement.
• The Ausschüsse für Grundsatzfragen ("committees dealing with basic issues") have the task of giving advice to the Institute on fundamental technical and legal questions.
• The Sachverständigenausschüsse (SVa) ("expert committees") are set up to give technical advice to the Institute. More than 600 honorary experts from science, economy and administration are on approx. 60 Sachverständigenausschüsse ("expert committees").

External links

• DIBt homepage
• Example DIBt approval on Würth firestop pillows