A number of new equipment and instruments have been added to enhance the laboratory capabilities, mostly from research grants. They include: (a) 5 no. servo-hydraulic actuators with capacities ranging from 50 to 1000 kN, (b) 6-station servo-hydraulic controller, (c) 3-tonne fork-lift truck to handle large and heavy test specimen and loading equipment, (d) MIG/TIG welding machines for fabrication of steel and aluminum test specimens, (e) Plasma-cutting of metals, (f) Concrete core-cutting and anchoring devices, (g) 128-channel high performance data acquisition system and its upgradation to 160 channels recently with a new controller, (h) 32-channel simultaneous polling high speed data acquisition system for shake table tests, (i) A rotary drilling machine for arbitrarily oriented drilling in large specimen (j) Compressor for pneumatic tools, (k) Hydraulic powered torque wrench for anchor bolts (l) Underslung crane for existing lab floor, etc.