On 29 October 2011, the 11th General Assembly of fib convened in Lausanne and unanimously accepted the fib Model Code 2010 ("MC2010"). Publication is planned for 2012, following a final editorial review by a small Editorial Group to be chaired by Joost Walraven, to achieve consistency and correctness throughout the entire document.
The fib Model Code 2010 is the continuation of the Model Codes that have been developed and published by fib and its predecessors CEB and FIP over the past three decades. These include the first edition of the CEB-FIP Model Code published in 1978, the CEB Model Code on Seismic Design of Concrete Structures (1985), CEB-FIP Model Code 1990, and fib Bulletin 34, "Model Code on Service Life Design" (2006).
An important document in both research and design, the fib Model Code 2010 influences both regional and national codes. MC2010 is now the most comprehensive code on concrete structures, including their complete life cycle: conceptual design, dimensioning, construction, conservation and dismantlement.
The approval of the fib Model Code 2010 is an historic milestone nearly ten years in the making. Discussions on a new Model Code began in 2002, and Special Activity Group 5, "New Model Code", held its first meeting in September 2003 in Delft, The Netherlands. The first complete draft was published in 2010 as fib Bulletins 55 and 56, which served as the basis for review and extensive comments by the National Delegations of fib and the revisions that produced the draft that was accepted by the General Assembly on 29 October.
MC2010 is expected to be an important document in the future for both local and international code committees as well as for practitioners and researchers.
