SC Journal

Written on 27 April 2017.

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 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:

Model Code 2010 related papers

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).

Editorial Board

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)	Members Carmen Andrade (Spain) György L. Balázs (Hungary) Josée Bastien (Canada) Oguzhan Bayrak (USA) Beatrice Belletti (Italy) Mikael Braestrup (Denmark) Robby Caspeele (Belgium) Íria Lícia Oliva Doniak (Brazil) Vyacheslav Falikman (Russia) Michael Fardis (Greece) Miguel Fernández Ruiz (Spain) Stephen Foster (Australia) Albert De La Fuente Antequera (Spain)	Venkat N. Heggade (India) Sung Gul Hong (Korea) Giuseppe Mancini (Italy) Guilhemo Sales Melo (Brazil) Mario E. Rodriguez (Mexico) Theodoros Rousakis (Greece) Alfred Strauss (Austria) Miroslav Sykora (Czech Republic) Jean-Michel Torrenti (France) Roman Wan-Wendner (Belgium) Feng Xing (China) Yong Yuan (China) Bin Zhao (China)

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Members Erkan Akpinar (Turkey) Baraa Al-Eliwi (Iraq) Farhad Aslani (Australia) Panagiotis Asteris (Greece) Jesus Miguel Bairan (Spain) Yu-Lei Bai (China) Jiuwen Bao (China) Ahmet Benli (Turkey) Agnieszka Bigaj (Netherlands) Wouter Botte (Belgium) Joan Casas (Spain) Airong Chen (China) Vladimir Cervenka (Czech Republic) Antoni Cladera (Spain) Marten Classen (Germany) Antonio Conforti (Italy) Tommaso D’Antino (Italy) Jorge de Brito (Portugal) Wouter De Corte (Belgium) Gerrie Dieteren (Netherlands) Hiroshi Dobashi (Japan) Piotr Dybel (Poland) German Ercolani (Argentina) Duarte Faria (Switzerland) Alessandro Fantalli (Italy) Emmanuel Ferrier (France) Pietro Gambarova (Italy) Dan Gan (China)	Hans Ganz (Switzerland) Joost Gulikers (Netherlands) Muhammad Hadi (Australia) Ahmed Hamoda (Egypt) Steinar Helland (Norway) Max Hendriks (Netherlands) Majid Kadhim (Iraq) Chris G. Karayannis (Greece) Jacek Katzer (Poland) Satoshi Komatsu (Japan) Qing Quan Liang (Australia) Guan Lin (China) Bui Van Hong Linh (Vietnam) Faqi Liu (China) Qing-feng Liu (China) Xian Liu (China) Shasha Lu (China) Zheng Lu (China) Enzo Martinelli (Italy) Stuart L. Matthews (UK) Alberto Meda (Italy) Marco Menegotto (Italy) Tao Meng (China) Giovanni Metelli (Italy) Roberto Nascimbene (Italy) Mahdu Nematzadeh (Iran) Camillo Nuti (Italy) Vincent Oettel (Germany)	Maurizio Orlando (Italy) Alejandro Pérez Caldentey (Spain) Norbert Randl (Austria) Rafael Ruiz (Spain) Łukasz Sadowski (Poland) M. Neaz Sheikh (Australia) Justin Shrestha (Australia) Nikola Tošić (Spain) Taner Ucar (Turkey) Yuichi Uchida (Japan) Ramin Vaghei (Malaysia) Philippe Van Bogaert (Belgium) Pieter van der Zee (Belgium) Kim Van Tittelboom (Belgium) Gideon van Zijl (South Africa) Jan L. Vitek (Czech Republic) Phillip Visintin (Australia) Marcelo Waimberg (Brazil) Joost Walraven (Netherlands) Xin Wang (China) Yi Wang (China) Simon Wijte (Netherlands) Miao Wu (China) Jianzhuang Xiao (China) Weichen Xue (China) Carlos Zanuy (Spain) Dawei Zhang (China) Othman Zinkaah (Iraq)

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Awards

Written on 24 April 2017.

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 website.

This award continues the tradition of the former FIP Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures, conferred between 1990 and 1998.

2022 Winners

Buildings

Rever Holdings Ryogoku - Japan
Buildings

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium - Finland
Civil Engineering Structures

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge - Ireland
Photo by © M. Sanchez

2022 Special Mentions

Buildings

FHNW-CAMPUS - Switzerland
Photo by © Martin Stollenwerk
Buildings

Chau Chak Wing Museum - Australia
Buildings

BT Headquarter - Romania
Civil Engineering Structures

New Coastal Road Viaduct - Reunion Island France
Photo by © Sébastien Marchal
Civil Engineering Structures

Bridge over the Rowing Course - Slovakia

2022 Exceptional Recognition

Civil Engineering Structures

Carbolight - Germany
Civil Engineering Structures

Bessodani Bridge - Japan

2018, 2014, 2010, 2006 and 2002 Winners

2018	Buildings	2014	Buildings	2010	Buildings	2006	Buildings	2002	Buildings
	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)

2018	Civil Engineering Structures	2014	Civil Engineering Structures	2010	Civil Engineering Structures	2006	Civil Engineering Structures	2002	Civil 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:

Years	Freyssinet 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:

Years	Medalists
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:

Years	Honorary 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:

Presidency	Honorary 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.

Years	Fellows
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:

Years	Research		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.

Years	Research		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

Contest overview

Consent form

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History

Written on 24 April 2017.

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

Years	History
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

Presidency	CEB 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

Presidency	FIP 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

Years	Medalists
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

Years	Medallists
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

Years	Medallists
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

Years	Medallists
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

Years	Buildings			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

Secretariat

Written on 24 April 2017.

The fib secretariat is headed by the secretary general and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland on the campus of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

The secretary general provides overall guidance on the daily operations of the association and ensures coordination within the association and with partner associations.

The secretariat provides all the administrative support to the association, including membership, bulletin sales, awards and communications to carry out the directives of the presidium.

If you need information from the secretariat, do not hesistate to contact us.