The Building Testing and Research Institute (TSUS) was established in 1953 and registered as a public non-profit making institution since November 2002. It has 8 branches in several regions in Slovakia and its main activities cover the following areas:
- Certification of construction products;
- Technical approval of construction products;
- Certification of quality systems;
- Testing of construction products;
- Research and development, such as test and health monitoring methods,durability of materials and products, numerical simulation of construction behaviour, etc..;
- Load testing of prefabricates and building and civil engineering constructions. Certification of quality systems;
- Review of diagnostic of design and execution of construction works. Testing of construction products;
- Calibration of measuring appliances.