History of PWRI
May 1921 | Established as the Road Materials Testing Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
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Sep. 1922 | Reorganized as the Civil Engineering Laboratory in Komagome, Tokyo. |
Aug. 1937 | Founded as the Testing Laboratory of the Civil Engineering Department, Hokkaido Agency. |
Sep. 1947 | Became independent as the Hokkaido Civil Engineering Institute. |
July 1948 | Renamed as the Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction. |
July 1951 | Attached to the newly established Hokkaido Development Bureau and renamed as the Civil Engineering Research Institute. |
Apr. 1988 | Reorganized the entire body. |
Apr. 2001 | Established the Independent Administrative Agency Public Works Research Institute. The Niigata Experimental Laboratory and the Aqua Restoration Research Center remained with PWRI. |
Apr. 2001 | Renamed as the Independent Administrative Institution the Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido. |
Mar. 2006 | Established the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management. |
Apr. 2006 | Integrated as the Incorporated Administrative Agency Public Works Research Institute. |
Apr. 2008 | Established the Center for Advanced Engineering Structural Assessment and Research. |
Apr. 2015 | Transformed into the National Research and Development Agency Public Works Research Institute. |
Apr. 2015 | Established the Innovative Materials and Resources Research Center. |