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Model Code for Concrete Structures

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A central aspect within the mission of the fib is the release of model codes on concrete structures and related subjects. These codes should serve worldwide as the guiding science-based documents offering in a code-type version the state of the art knowledge on the planning, design, construction, execution, operation or in service performance, maintenance, rehabilitation and dismantlement of new and existing concrete structures, respectively. The model codes should meet the latest requirements and technologies in view of aspects related to safety, serviceability, durability, resilience and sustainability of structures, recognizing economic, aesthetic and other needs of different societies.

Model codes

The previous Model Codes draft work editions can be found in our CEB-Bulletins bookshop. 

SC Journal

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Structural Concrete, the official journal of the fib, provides conceptual and procedural guidance in the field of concrete construction and features peer-reviewed papers, keynote research and industry news covering all aspects of the design, construction, performance in service, conservation (assessment, maintenance, strengthening) and demolition of concrete structures, research about the behaviour of concrete structures, development of design methods, fib Model Code, sustainability of concrete structures.

fib Members can Viewer2 the SC Journal issues on the fib website and download them from the fib bookstore, or download them from the Wiley Online Library. PDF articles are published since 2011.

 

Indexed in the Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Science since Volume 10 (2009), the journal now has an impact factor of 3.3 and is published six times a year. All members of the fib automatically get the latest issue of Structural Concrete, so the best way to stay informed (as well as the more convenient way to obtain the journal and other advantages) is to become a member of the fib. In order to access to the SC Journal electronically, fib members need to be logged in and follow the steps as per the FAQ.

Every issue of Structural Concrete also includes the fib’s quarterly newsletter, fib-news, which provides up-to-date information from the fib secretariat and the latest news about fib events, members and new publications.

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    Journal Article

    The main part of the journal contains peer-reviewed papers. The table of contents and abstracts for issues from 2002 to 2011 are freely available via Wiley Online Library.

    Other free issues in Structural Concrete 

    The fib prides itself on the quality of its publications. The Federation has decided to make some of them available free of charge. Our free documents include the first completed drafts of the 2010 Model Code and the Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures brochures.

    Besides the publications shown above, you can have a free access to the following publication: 

    Submission of papers

    Structural Concrete is seeking original papers of the highest quality for publication. Papers may cover all aspects of the design, construction, performance in service, strengthening and demolition of concrete structures, including papers on research into the behaviour of structures and into the development of design methods. All papers will be subjected to a rigorous peer-review process prior to acceptance for publication. Author guidelines and manuscript submission information are available. Thus, for submitting a paper or Special issue in the SC Journal, please read and follow the Special Issue Policy.

    Publisher: fib - International Federation for Structural Concrete.  ISSN: 1464-4177 (print). 1751-7648 (online). 

     

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    Editor-in-Chief
    Luc Taerwe (Belgium)

    Deputy Editor-in-Chief
    Akio Kasuga (Japan)

    Associate Editors-in-Chief
    David Fernandez-Ordoñez (Switzerland)
    Eduardo Julio (Portugal)
    Sylvia Keßler (Germany)
    Tamon Ueda (Japan)
    Robert Vollum (UK)
    Guang Ye (Netherlands)

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    Awards

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    The fib presents awards to recognize contributions to the association, to the field of structural concrete in general, structures which demonstrate concrete’s versatility, and to recognize young engineers. 

     

     

    • Outstanding Concrete Structures (AOS)
       
      The Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures 2026 is now open for submissions. This prestigious award recognizes concrete structures that showcase the versatility of concrete as a structural medium. Presented every four years at a fib congress, the award consists of a bronze plaque displayed on the structure itself, along with certificates awarded to the principal contributors.
       
      Nominations are submitted by fib National Delegations and evaluated by a jury appointed by the presidium.
       
      To submit a structure, please download the guidelines and submission form.
       
      Submission deadline: 27 October 2025.
       
      Registration payment can be made on the fib Shop.
       
      This award continues the tradition of the former FIP Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures, conferred between 1990 and 1998.
       
       
      2022 Winners

       
      2022 Special Mentions

       
      2022 Exceptional Recognition

       
       
      2018, 2014, 2010, 2006 and 2002 Winners
       
      2018Buildings2014Buildings2010Buildings2006Buildings2002Buildings
        Replacement of the roof structure and main dome over La Laguna cathedral (Spain)   Bella Sky Hotel (Denmark)   National Portrait Gallery Canberra (Australia)   Turning Torso, Malmo (Sweden)   Tower at La Défense, Paris (France)
        R⋅Torso⋅C (Japan)   Centro Ovale (Switzerland)   Island Tower Sky Club (Japan)   Shawnessy Light Rail Transit Station, Calgary (Canada)   The Scienta, University of New South Wales (Australia)
            Park City Musashi Kosugi (Japan)            
                         
      2018Civil Engineering Structures2014Civil Engineering Structures2010Civil Engineering Structures2006Civil Engineering Structures2002Civil Engineering Structures
        Takubogawa Bridge (Japan)   Egg Graben Bridge (Austria)   Third Millenium Bridge over the Ebro River (Spain)   Rion-Antirion Bridge (Greece)   Bras de la Plaine Bridge, La Réunion (France)
            Térénez Bridge (France)   Svratka River Pedestrian Bridge (Czech Republic)   Floating Breakwater (Monaco)   Vltava River Metro Tunnel, Prague (Czech Republic)
                Wadi Abdoun Bridge (Jordan)   Seiun Bridge, Tokusima (Japan)   Start Canal Bridge (Belgium)
    • Freyssinet Medal
       
      The Freyssinet Medal recognizes outstanding technical contributions in the field of structural concrete. It is awarded every four years at a fib congress. The Freyssinet Medals are a continuation of the medals of the same name awarded by the FIP.
       
      Since 2002, the following engineers received the fib Freyssinet Medals:
       
      YearsFreyssinet Medalists 
      2022 Hugo Corres Peiretti (Spain) Aurelio Muttoni (Switzerland)  
      2018 Rudy Ricciotti (France) Jean-François Klein (Switzerland) Giuseppe Mancini (Italy)
      2014 Armando Rito (Portugal) Joost Walraven (the Netherlands)  
      2010 Nigel Priestly (New Zealand) Jiri Strasky (Czech Republic)  
      2006 Heinz Isler (Switzerland) Michel Virlogeux (France)  
      2002 John E. Breen (U.S.) Gert König (Germany)  
      Prior Freyssinet Medals were awarded by one of the fib’s predecessor associations, the FIP. The recipients of the FIP Freyssinet Medal can be found in the CEB & FIP tab.
    • Medal of Merit
       
      The fib Medal of Merit is awarded to one or two recipients at fib symposia in recognition of their outstanding contributions to structural concrete and to the fib.
       
      Since 1999, the following engineers received the fib Medal of Merit:
       
      YearsMedalists  
      2024 Carmen Andrade (Spain) Giovanni Plizzari (Italy)  
      2023 Manfred Curbach (Germany) Milan Kalný (Czech Republic)  
      2021 Lucie Vandewalle (Belgium) Johann Kollegger (Austria)  
      2020 Petr Hájek (Czech Republic)    
      2019 Peter Marti (Switzerland)    
      2017 Aad van der Horst (Netherlands)    
      2016 Stuart Matthews (Uk) Michel Moussard (France)  
      2015 Mikael Bræstrup (Denmark) Koji Sakai (Japan) Tamon Ueda (Japan)
      2013 Jean-François Klein (Switzerland)    
      2012 João Almeida (Portugal) Jean-Marie Crémer (Belgium)  
      2011 Vladimir Cervenka (Czech Republic)    
      2009 Eduardo C. Carvalho (Portugal) Marco Menegotto (Italy)  
      2008 Peter Schiessl (Germany)    
      2007 Tsutomu Kadotani (Japan) Petro I. Kryvosheyev (Ukraine)  
      2005 Rolf Eligehausen (Germany) Peter Lenkei (Hungary)  
      2004 Jacques Combault (France) Josef Eibl (Germany)  
      2003 Paolo E. Pinto (Italy) Steen Rostam (Denmark)  
      2001 Jean-Philippe Fuzier (France) Dieter Jungwirth (Germany)  
      2000 Júlio Appleton (Portugal) Walter Podolny (U.S.)  
      1999 José Calavera (Spain) Jiri Strásky (Czech Republic)  
      Prior Medals of Merit were awarded by one of the fib’s predecessor associations, the FIP. The recipients of the FIP Medal of Merit can be found in the CEB & FIP tab.
    • Honorary Life Members
       
      Honorary Life Members are recognized for their significant personal contributions to the work of the fib. Honorary membership continues a tradition that existed in both the CEB and FIP.
       
      The following members have been awarded Honorary Life Membership in the fib:
       
      YearsHonorary Life Members  
      2024 Antonio Caballero (Switzerland) Alper Ilki (Turkey)  
      2023 Rolf Eligehausen (Germany) Johan Silfwerbrand (Sweden)  
      2022 Tor Arne Hammer (Norway) Terje Kanstad (Norway) Tamon Ueda (Japan)
      2021 Jan Vítek (Czech Republic) Eduardo Julio (Portugal)  
      2020 Xilin Lu (China)    
      2019 Milan Chandoga (Slovakia)    
      2018 Ulf Nürnberger (Germany) Stephen Foster (Australia)  
      2017 Ferdinand S. Rostásy (Germany) Vyatcheslav R. Falikman (Russia)  
      2016 John Cairns (UK)    
      2015 Steiner Helland (Norway) Luc Taerwe (Belgium)  
      2014 Fernando Stucchi (Brazil) Arnold van Acker (Belgium)  
      2013 James G. Toscas (U.S.)    
      2012 Andrzej Ajdukiewicz (Poland)    
      2010 Hans Ulrich Litzner (Germany) Jun Yamazaki (Japan)  
      2009 Hans Rüdiger Tewes (Germany)    
      2008 Álvaro García Meseguer (Spain)    
      2007 Hubert K. Hilsdorf (Germany) Paul Regan (U.K.)  
      2006 Luis J. Lima (Argentina) Manfred Miehlbradt (Germany) Zivota Perisc (Serbia)
      2004 Andrew Beeby (U.K.) Jean Perchat (France)  
      2002 Renaud Favre (Switzerland) Ralejs Tepfers (Sweden) Yoshio Ozaka (Japan)
      Honorary Life Members for the fib’s predecessor associations, can be found in the CEB & FIP Tab.
    • Honorary Presidents
       
      Honorary presidents are elected by the General Assembly in the year following their presidency, in recognition of significant personal contribution to the fib.
       
      This honour has been conferred on the following contributors:
       
      PresidencyHonorary Presidents
      2021-2022 Akio Kasuga (Japan)
      2019-2020 Tor Ole Olsen (Norway)
      2017-2018 Hugo Corres Peiretti (Spain)
      2015-2016 Harald S. Müller (Germany)
      2013-2014 Gordon Clark (U.K.)
      2011-2012 György Balázs (Hungary)
      2009-2010 Michael Fardis (Greece)
      2007-2008 Hans Rudolf Ganz (Switzerland)
      2005-2006 Giuseppe Mancini (Italy)
      2003-2004 Jim Forbes (Australia)
      2001-2002 Joost Walraven (the Netherlands)
      1998-2000 Michel Virlogeux (France)
      Honorary Presidents for the fib’s predecessor associations can be found in the CEB & FIP tab.
    • Fellows
       
      The fib considers that it is important to recognise fib members that have been active for many years and that have contributed to the goals of the fib.
       
      The fib fellows are elected on the basis of the following criteria:
      • They are current fib members and have been for the last 10 years
      • They have embraced the values of the federation,
      • They have provided continuous outstanding contributions to the development of concrete and concrete structures or to the development of the fib through the participation in Task Groups and Commissions or other means.
       
      The contributions for concrete structures can be in the areas of education, research, design and construction.
       
      The fib fellows will have the following benefits:
      • Being recognised at the fib Symposium or Congress of the year of selection
      • Being listed on the fib website
      • Being invited to incorporate the fib Fellow to his/her signature. The signature designation which will help branding and recognition for a fellow is:
      • "Name Lastname Ffib", to designate a person bestowed with the fib fellow.
       
      For more information, please download the detailed fib Fellows Conditions.
       
      Since the fib does not have, at the time of creation of the program, any fellows the Presidium has decided to designate all past fib Honorary members, fib medalists, Freyssinet medalists and fib Honorary Presidents as fellows of the fib.
       
      YearsFellows  
      2024 Konrad Bergmeister (Austria) Agnieszka Bigaj van Vliet (Netherlands) Robby Caspeele (Belgium) Albert de la Fuente (Spain) Gerrie Dieteren (Netherlands) Ekkehard Fehling (Germany) Larbi Sennour (USA) Teddy Theryo (USA)
      Roberto Torrent (Switzerland)              
      2023 Carola Edvardsen (The Netherlands) Venkataramana Heggade (India) Larry Krauser (United States) Antonio Mari Bernat (Spain) Stijn Matthys (Belgium) Frank Papworth (Australia) Mike Schlaich (Germany) Jean-Michel Torrenti (France)
      Thanasis Triantafillou (Greece)              
      2022 Edoardo Cosenza (Italy) Manfred Curbach (Germany) Avraham Dancygier (Israel) Wit Derkowski (Poland) Marco di Prisco (Italy) Iria Doniak (Brazil) Stein Atle Haugerud (Norway) Terje Kanstad (Norway)
      Shoji Ikeda (Japan) Alberto Meda (Italy) Alejandro Perez Caldentey (Spain)          
      2021 Carmen Andrade (Spain) Eduardo Julio (Portugal) Milan Kalny (Czech Republic) Johann kollegger (Austria) Lionel Linger (France) Tor Arne Martius-Hammer (Norway) Aurelio Muttoni (Switzerland) Theodore Neff (United States)
      Tor Ole Olsen (Norway) Maria Rosaria Pecce (Italy) Giovanni Plizzari (Italy) Juan Sobrino (Spain) Spyros Tsoukantas (Greece) Lucie Vandewalle (Belgium) Jan Vítek (Czech Republic)  
      2020 Petr Hajek (Czech Republic) Xilin Lu (China)            
      2019 Milan Chandoga (Slovakia) Hugo Corres Peiretti (Spain) Peter Marti (Switzerland)          
      2018 Stephen Foster (Australia) Ulf Nürnberger (Germany) Rudy Ricciotti (France)          
      2017 Vyatcheslav R. Falikman (Russia) Ferdinand S. Rostásy (Germany) Aad van der Horst (Netherlands)          
      2016 John Cairns (UK) Stuart Matthews (Uk) Michel Moussard (France) Harald S. Müller (Germany)        
      2015 Mikael Bræstrup (Denmark) Steiner Helland (Norway) Koji Sakai (Japan) Luc Taerwe (Belgium) Tamon Ueda (Japan)      
      2014 Gordon Clark (U.K.) Armando Rito (Portugal) Fernando Stucchi (Brazil) Arnold van Acker (Belgium)        
      2013 Jean-François Klein (Switzerland) James G. Toscas (U.S.)            
      2012 Andrzej Ajdukiewicz (Poland) João Almeida (Portugal) György Balázs (Hungary) Jean-Marie Crémer (Belgium)        
      2011 Vladimir Cervenka (Czech Republic)              
      2010 Michael Fardis (Greece) Hans Ulrich Litzner (Germany) Nigel Priestly (New Zealand) Jun Yamazaki (Japan)        
      2009 Eduardo C. Carvalho (Portugal) Marco Menegotto (Italy) Hans Rüdiger Tewes (Germany)          
      2008 Alvaro Carcia Meseguer (Spain) Hans Rudolf Ganz (Switzerland) Peter Schiessl (Germany)          
      2007 Hubert K. Hilsdorf (Germany) Tsutomu Kadotani (Japan) Petro I. Kryvosheyev (Ukraine) Paul Regan (U.K.)        
      2006 Heinz Isler (Switzerland) Luis J. Lima (Argentina) Giuseppe Mancini (Italy) Manfred Miehlbradt (Germany) Zivota Perisc (Serbia)      
      2005 Rolf Eligehausen (Germany) Peter Lenkei (Hungary)            
      2004 Andrew Beeby (U.K.) Jacques Combault (France) Josef Eibl (Germany) Jim Forbes (Australia) Jean Perchat (France)      
      2003 Paolo E. Pinto (Italy) Steen Rostam (Denmark)            
      2002 John E. Breen (U.S.) Renaud Favre (Switzerland) Gert König (Germany) Yoshio Ozaka (Japan) Ralejs Tepfers (Sweden) Joost Walraven (the Netherlands)    
      2001 Jean-Philippe Fuzier (France) Dieter Jungwirth (Germany)            
      2000 Júlio Appleton (Portugal) Walter Podolny (U.S.) Michel Virlogeux (France)          
      1999 José Calavera (Spain) Jiri Strásky (Czech Republic)            
    • Achievement Award for Young Engineers
       
      The call for entries for the fib AAYE 2027 will be published in 2026. Please make sure you are subscribed to our e-newsletter to be the first one to know once we publish the call for entries. Please contact the fib Secretariat if you have any questions.
       
      The fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers is awarded every two years at an fib symposium to engineers who are younger than 40 years old. In general. The award is given in two categories — the Research category and the Design & Construction category. All candidates have to be endorsed by the fib National Delegation of their country.
       
      This award was formerly known as the Diploma to Younger Engineers. Since 2001, The following young engineers have received the Achievement Award:
       
      YearsResearch Design & Construction 
      2023 Eline Vereecken (Belgium)   Ysabel Guil-Celada (Spain)  
      2021 Darko Tasevski (Swizterland)   Anton Kivell (New Zealand)  
      2019 Jesper Sørensen (Denmark)   Benjamin Kromoser (Austria)  
      2017 Patrick Huber (Austria)   Miguel Sacristan (Spain)  
      2015 João Pedro Santos (Portugal) Yuguang Yang (Netherlands) Luca Cargnino (Italy)  
      2013 Kamyab Zandi Hanjari (Sweden)   Bente Skovseth Nyhus (Norway)  
      2011 Juan Sagaseta (United Kingdom)   Oscar Ramon Ramos Gutierrez (Spain)  
      2009 Ana M. Ruiz-Teran (Spain)   Chris Hendy (United Kingdom)  
      2007 Steffen Grunewald (Netherlands)   Gopal Srinivasan (United Kingdom)  
      2005 Joris Fellinger (Netherlands) Guido Morgenthal (Germany)    
      2003 Stefano Pampanin (Italy) Cees Blom (Netherlands) Luis Cãncio Martins (Portugal) Stein Atle Haugerud (Norway)
      2001 Tetsuya Ishida (Japan)   Jeanette Bouwmeester (Netherlands)  
       
       
      In addition to the award winners, there may be special mentions given in each category.
      YearsResearch Design & Construction 
      2019 Hezi Y. Grisaro (Israel) Fernando Acosta Urrea (Colombia/Germany)    
      2017 Fuyuan Gong (Japan) Bruno Dal Lago (Italy) Alvaro Serrano (Spain) Carlo Segato (Italy)
      2015     Kåre Flindt Jørgensen (Denmark)  
      2011 Gian Paolo Cimellaro(Italy) Domenico Pennucci (Italy)    
      2007 Jonathan Shave (UK) Eva Oller Ibars (Spain)    
      2005     Frank Kaalberg (Netherlands) Fabrizio Palmisano (Italy)
      2003 Anne Beeldens (Belgium)      
    • Young Member Group Award
       
      Scope
      The contest looks at new sustainable, low-cost, time-efficient solutions accounting for lifetime management for:
      • Recycling from waste to rebuild;
      • Assessing damaged structures and infrastructure;
      • Reusing and repairing damaged structures and infrastructure;
      • Shelters, blast-resistant, and special defensive structures;
      • Preventive and innovative structural solutions for natural disasters.
      Solutions combining different materials are eligible but reinforced concrete structures and infrastructure must play a key role for the proposed solutions.
       
      Goals
      The world has witnessed natural disasters and wars that have affected millions of people by leaving behind a trail of destruction and despair. In the aftermath of a disaster, the most urgent needs are to provide shelter, food, water, sanitation, health care, and security to the affected population. However, these needs are often difficult to meet due to the lack of resources and infrastructure.
       
      Therefore, there is a need for innovative solutions that can address the challenges of disaster response and recovery in a time-efficient and low-cost manner. Furthermore, preventing solutions to reduce the impact of future disasters are also important to increase society resilience. These solutions should be able to adapt to different contexts and scenarios, and leverage local capacities and resources.
       
      The aim of this competition is to encourage and reward the development of such solutions by inviting individuals and teams from around the world to present their ideas for the recovery of disaster-broken zones.
       
      Deadline
      1st of March 2024
       

     

     

    History

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    The fib was formed in 1998 by the merger of the Euro-International Committee for Concrete (the CEB) and the International Federation for Pre-stressing (the FIP).  These predecessor organizations existed independently since 1953 and 1952, respectively. 

     

    • Brief history of the fib's parent associations, CEB and FIP from 1952 to 1998
       
      YearsHistory
      1998 On the 24th May 1998 the CEB Administrative Council, following the resolution taken by the last General Assembly in 1997, dissolved the CEB in favour of the fib with an effective date of 28th May 1998. In a parallel move the same day, the FIP Council, following the resolution taken by the last General Assembly in 1996, dissolved the FIP in favour of the fib with an effective date of 28th May 1998 (the last day of the XIII FIP Congress Amsterdam).
      1997 The 31st CEB General Assembly in Stockholm in June 1997, following a suggestion made by a common CEB-FIP Implementation Group, approved the merger with FIP to create fib.
      1996 The FIP General Assembly met in London in September 1996 during the FIP Symposium, and following a suggestion made by a common CEB-FIP Implementation Group, approved the merger with the CEB to create the fib.
      1991 The Final Draft of the 1990 CEB-FIP Model Code was presented to and endorsed by CEB's 28th Plenary Session in Vienna. Restructuring of CEB's Commissions and Task Groups commenced.
      1985 The Model Code for Seismic Design of Concrete Structures was published by CEB. A decision was made to compile a 'Model Code 1990'. The secretariat of FIP moved from C&CA to The Institution of Structural Engineers, with Dr. Ralph Andrew succeeding Barry W. Shacklock as Seretary General.
      1983 On invitation of the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), CEB's Lausanne office was opened, which became in 1985 the CEB headquarters after closure of the Paris office.
      1980 CEB's legal domicile was transferred to Geneva, Switzerland.
      1978 Barry W. Shacklock, who was at the time Director of Administration Services at C&CA, was appointed Secretary-General and Treasurer of the FIP, succeeding Mr. Arthur W. Hill.
      1978 The first volumes of the 'International System of Unified Standard Codes of Practice for Structures' were published:
      • Volume I: Common unified rules for different types of construction and material
      • Volume II: CEB-FIP Model Code for Concrete Structures
      The latter subsequently became the basic reference document for the development of Eurocode 2 by the Commission of the European Communities, and to a large extent influenced the up-dating of design codes in many countries. In the following years numerous accompanying documents, application manuals, trial calculations, etc. were elaborated.
      1977 The 19th CEB Plenary Session in Granada approved the final draft of what later became the 'CEB-FIP Model Code 1978'.
      1976 CEB's name changed to 'Comité euro-international du béton' (Euro-International Committee for Concrete).
      1974 An initiative by CEB – in a concentrated effort and in conjunction with FIP, ECCS, CIB and RILEM – created an 'International System of Unified Standard Codes of Practice for Structures', in which CEB became responsible for the common unified rules for different types of construction and material and the model code for concrete structures.
      1970 The second edition of what later became the "CEB-FIP International Recommendations” were ratified by the two associations, covering structures in plain, reinforced and prestressed concrete. In the following years elaboration of numerous accompanying manuals.
      1970 The second edition of what later became the "CEB-FIP International Recommendations” were ratified by the two associations, covering structures in plain, reinforced and prestressed concrete. In the following years elaboration of numerous accompanying manuals.
      1968 The importance of the results achieved by CEB was officially recognised by the United Nations in the publishing of the UNESCO 'Code et manuel d'application pour le calcul et l'exécution du béton armé', conceived especially for the developing countries, based on the 1964 CEB International Recommendations and elaborated by a commission of CEB experts.
      1967 FIP-Notes created as a means of dissemination of news among members, continued until 1998.
      1964 The First CEB International Recommendations (covering reinforced concrete structures), was published successively in fifteen languages as 'a tentative draft for a complete set of provisional practical recommendations relating to all aspects of design and construction', and contributed very efficiently to the progress of drafting of national codes in about twenty countries.
      1962 A common initiative by FIP and CEB created a 'Mixed CEB-FIP Committee for Drafting of Recommendations for Prestressed Concrete'.
      1961 On the initiative of CEB the 'Liaison Committee for the International Civil Engineering Associations', was created (comprising still today the CIB, ECCS, fib, IABSE and RILEM), with the aim to define the areas of activity and to harmonize the endeavours. Under the auspices of the Liaison Committee, several joint undertakings with other associations could be initiated, among them the creation of a joint CEB-CIB-RILEM Commission on Statistical Quality Control (see CEB Bulletin 110) and in 1971 of the still existing Joint Committee on Structural Safety (JCSS).
      1959 In CEB the priority of future work was given to ‘the elaboration of easily usable (international) practical rules (recommendations), with possibly limited initial application or selection of a sufficient security, followed by improvement of the rules when research results permit’. By this decision, the objectives of CEB had to be re-defined as:
      • coordinating and synthesizing research for all problems related to technology and innovation in structural concrete;
      • creating and orchestrating the international principles and rules for the conception, calculation, construction and maintenance of concrete structures; and
      • establishing codes, standards or other regulatory documents on a unified international basis progressively, through successive stages. For these purposes the first 'Working Commissions' were created.
      1957 Beginning of CEB's technical publication series 'Bulletins d'Information', continued until No. 243 in 1998.
      1954 Philip Gooding, Director-General of the Cement & Concrete Association was appointed Secretary General of FIP. Subsequently, C&CA in Wexham Springs, UK, hosted and sponsored the secretariat.
      1953 The Comité européen du béton CEB (European Committee for Concrete) was founded, on an initiative of French contractors, by André Balency-Béarn (France), Louis Baes (Belgium), Emile Nennig (Luxembourg), Hubert Rüsch (Germany), Euardo Torroja (Spain) and Georg Wästlund (Sweden). The French National Federation of Building (FNB / SNBATI) in Paris hosted and sponsored the secretariat. Yves Saillard was nominated as Secrétaire Permanent, and later became (1968) Vice-Président Délégué and (1971) Président Délégué.
      1952 The Fédération internationale de la précontrainte FIP (International Federation for Prestressing) was inaugurated at an international meeting held in Cambridge, England.
    • CEB Presidents from 1953 to 1998
       
      PresidencyCEB Presidents
      1987-1998 Roy E. Rowe (United Kingdom)
      1983-1987 Theodossios P. Tassios (Greece)
      1979-1983 Julio Ferry-Borges (Portugal)
      1971-1978 Andrew Short (United Kingdom)
      1968-1971 Hubert Rüsch (Germany)
      1957-1968 Franco Levi (Italy)
      1953-1957 André Balency-Béarn (France)
    • FIP Presidents from 1953 to 1998
       
      PresidencyFIP Presidents
      1996-1998 Michel Virlogeux (France)
      1992-1996 Jan Moksnes (Norway)
      1988-1992 René Walther (Switzerland)
      1984-1988 Hans Wittfoht (Germany)
      1982-1984 John Derrington (United Kingdom)
      1978-1982 Roger Lacroix (France)
      1974-1978 Ben C. Gerwick Jr. (USA)
      1970-1974 Gerrit F. Janssonius (Netherlands)
      1966-1970 Franco Levi (Italy)
      1961-1966 Yves Guyon (France)
      1958-1961 Eduardo Torroja (Spain)
      1953-1958 Eugène Freyssinet (France)
    • CEB Plenary Sessions
       
      Sessions
      Luxembourg (1953),  Fontainebleau (1954),  Madrid (1956),   Rome (1957), Vienna (1959)
      Monaco (1961),  Luxembourg (1962),  Wiesbaden (1963),  Ankara (1964),  London (1965),  Brussels (1966),  Lausanne (1968), Delft-Scheveningen (1969)
      Copenhagen (1971),  Leningrad (1972),  London (1973),  Lisbon (1975),  Athens (1976),  Granada (1977),  Rome (1979)
      Budapest (1980),  Munich (1982),  Prague (1983),  Rotterdam (1985),  Treviso (1987),  Dubrovnik (1988)
      Paris (1990),  Vienna (1991),  Les Diablerets (1993),  Berlin (1995),  Stockholm (1997)
    • FIP Congresses
       
      Congresses
      Amsterdam (1998),  Washington (1994),  Hamburg (1990)
      New Delhi (1986),  Stockholm (1982) 
      London (1978),  New York (1974),  Prague (1970)
      Paris (1966),  Rome and Naples (1962)
      Berlin (1958),  Amsterdam (1955),  London (1953)
    • FIP Symposia
       
      Symposia
      Beijing (1991),  Budapest (1992),  Kyoto (1993),  Brisbane (1995),  London (1996),  Johannesburg (1997)
      Bucharest (1980),  Calgary (1984),  Jerusalem (1988)
      Tbilisi (1972),  Sydney (1976)
      Madrid (1968)
    • FIP Freyssinet Medal
       
      YearsMedalists  
      1998 Jan Moksnes (Norway) Jean Muller (France)  
      1994 Alexander C. Scordelis (USA) Hans Wittfoht (Germany) René Walther (Switzerland)
      1990 Christian Menn (Switzerland) Jörg Schlaich (Germany)  
      1986 Shunji Inomata (Japan) Roger Lacroix (France)  
      1982 Max Birkenmeier (Switzerland) Ben C. Gerwick Jr. (USA)  
      1978 Paul Abeles (USA) Alexei A. Gvozdev (USSR) Franco Levi (Italy)
      1974 Fritz Leonhardt (Germany) T'ung-Yen Lin (USA) Victor V. Mikhailov (USSR)
      1970 Nicolas Esquillan (France) Ulrich Finsterwalder (Germany) Ricardo Morandi (Italy)
       
      FIP Medallists
       
      YearsMedallists 
      1998 Mineo Morimoto (Japan) Armando Rito (Portugal) Joost Walraven (The Netherlands)      
      1997 Charles Liebenberg (South Africa) Robert Park (New Zealand)        
      1996 Tom W. Kirkbride (United Kingdom) Javier Manterola (Spain)        
      1995 W. G. J. Ryan (Australia) Steinar Helland (Norway)        
      1994 Norman C. Scott (USA) Arnold van Acker (Belgium)        
      1993 Shoji Ikeda (Japan) Hans Rudolf Müller (Switzerland) Hiroshi Muguruma (Japan)      
      1992 Lajos Garay (Hungary) Peter Matt (Switzerland) Géza Tassi (Hungary)      
      1991 He Guangqian (China) Henk J. C. Oud (The Netherlands)        
      1990 Helmut Bomhard (Germany) John E. Breen (USA) Michel Placidi (France)      
      1988 Carlo Cestelli Guidi (Italy) Lubor Janda (Czech Republic) Jacob Shimoni (Israel)      
      1986 C. R. Alimchandani (India) Helmut F. Cabjolsky (Argentina) Jacques Mathivat (France) Tippur N. Subba Rao (India) J. H. van Loenen (The Netherlands)  
      1984 Karl G. Bernander (Sweden) A. S. G. Bruggeling (The Netherlands) Kai Holbek (USA) Konstantin V. Mikhailov (USSR)    
      1982 Gerrit F. Janssonius (The Netherlands) Michel Kavyrchine (France) Kyoshi Nakano (Japan) Sven-Erik Svensson (Sweden)    
      1980 Constantin Avram (Romania) Olav Olsen (Norway)        
      1978 Jan Bobrowski (United Kingdom) Carlos F. Casado (Spain) Alexandra B. Druganova (USSR) Jean Muller (France) Hans Wittfoht (Germany) Silvano Zorzi (Italy)
      1976 William P. Brown (Australia) Armand H. Gustaferro (USA)        
      1974 Arthur A. Anderson (USA) Shunji Inomata (Japan) David J. Lee (UK)      
      1970 Dudley H. New (United Kingdom) Pierre Xercavins (France) Branko Zezelj (Yugoslavia)      
       
      CEB Honorary Life Members
       
      YearsMedallists 
      1997 Giorgio Macchi (Italy) Henri Motteu (Belgium)
      1993 Henri Mathieu (France) Manfred Stiller (Germany)
      1988 Yves Saillard (France)  
      1983 Troels Brøndum-Nielsen (Denmark)  
      1980 Alexei A. Gvozdev (USSR)  
      1979 Nicolas Esquillan (France)  
      1977 Fritz Leonhardt (Germany)  
       
      FIP Honorary Life Members
       
      YearsMedallists   
      1998 Rafael Pineiro Abril (Spain)      
      1992 Ralph P. Andrew (United Kingdom)      
      1990 Roy E. Rowe (United Kingdom) Manfred Stiller (Germany)    
      1988 Konstantin V. Mikhailov (USSR)      
      1986 William F. G. Crozier (United Kingdom) Barry W. Shacklock (United Kingdom)    
      1978 Karl Kordina (Germany) Fernand Dumas (France)    
      1974 Sir Alan Harris (United Kingdom) Jiri Klimes (Czechoslovakia)    
      1970 Carlo Cestelli Guidi (Italy) Hans Minetti (Germany) Philip Gooding (United Kingdom) Christian Ostenfeld (Denmark)
       
      FIP Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures
       
      YearsBuildings   Civil Engineering
      1998 The Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Japan The Belfast Waterfront Hall, Northern Ireland   The Normandy bridge near Le Havre, France The Great Belt East Bridge, Denmark
      1994 The breakwater jetty in Sakai, Japan The tennis center of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA The administrative building of the ECC construction group in Chennai, India The Skarnsundet cable stay bridge, Norway The footbridge over the Vranov reservoir, Czech Republic
      1990 La Grande Arche in Paris, France The Gullfaks C oil platform, Norway   The Oosterschelde storm surge barrier, The Netherlands The pedestrian bridge across the Altmahl river at Kelheim, Germany

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