federation internationale du beton (fib) International federation for structural concrete Case Postale 88, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Phone +41 21 693 2747 * Fax +41 21 693 6245 fib@epfl.ch * www.fib-international.org For immediate release Press contact: Laura Thommen-Vidale, Editor Email: laura.thommen-vidale@epfl.ch Tel.: +41 21 693 2747 Fax: +41 21 693 6245 Press area: www.fib-international.org/press Lausanne, 29 May 2008 ref. PR08005 fib Medal of Merit awarded to Peter Schiessl The International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib - federation internationale du beton) has awarded the 2008 Medal of Merit to Professor Peter Schiessl of the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to structural concrete, and to fib. The medal was presented to Professor Schiessl by fib President Hans Rudolf Ganz on 19 May 2008 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during the opening session of the fib symposium "Tailor made concrete structures: new solutions for our society". Professor Schiessl has been involved in fib and its predecessor CEB since 1979, when he joined the CEB commissions on serviceability and durability. In 1991 he became Vice-Chairman of CEB Commission 5, "Durability", and Convener of the Task Group on Service Life Design. From 1998 to 2002 he was Chair of Commission 3 "Environmental Aspects of Design and Construction", and member of the fib Steering Committee. He also served on the editorial board of the fib journal Structural Concrete from 1998 to 2006. He has played an important role in the drafting of a number of CEB and fib bulletins, including CEB bulletins 143 and 158E on cracking and deformation, CEB bulletins 148, 166 and 182 on durable concrete structures, and the 1990 CEB-FIP Model Code. More recently, he was the convener of Task Group 5.6 which produced fib Bulletin 34, "Model Code for Service Life Design", published in 2006. Professor Schiessl is well known for his work in the areas of carbonation, chloride ingress, durability, repair, and service life design. His work on construction rules for crack width limitation have been incorporated in the German standard DIN 1045 since 1988, and he was instrumental in developing international cooperation on the fundamentals of durability. He has published over 250 scientific publications, more than half of which concern durability of concrete structures. Currently he holds the position of Chair for Building Materials Testing and Director of the Institute of Building Materials at TU Munich, and also has an engineering consultancy, Ingenieurburo Schiessl, Gehlen, Sodeikat. His involvement in fib continues: he is currently a member of the Technical Council, the German National Delegation, Commission 3, "Environmental aspects of design and construction", and Special Activity Group 5, "New Model Code". ### Note: On request, the text of this press release can be provided in French or German