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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. 

 

 

  • Achievement Award for Young Engineers
     
    Entries are now being accepted for the fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers (AAYE) 2025.
     
    Since 2001, the AAYE has been awarded every two years at fib symposia. The award includes a €2’000 prize and an invitation to the fib symposium in Antibes, France, in June 2025, where the award will be presented during a special session.
     
    The award is given in two categories in the field of structural concrete: the Research category and the Design & Construction category. Entries will be judged by an international jury chaired by Prof Giovanni Plizzari from the University of Brescia in Italy.
     
    The call for entries and the entry form are available for download.
     
    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
     
  • Outstanding Concrete Structures (AOS)
     
    This award is presented to give international recognition for concrete structures which demonstrate the versatility of concrete as a structural medium. It is given every four years at a fib congress. The award consists of a bronze plaque that will appear on the structure itself and certificates conferred on the principal contributors to the work. Nominations are made by fib National Delegations and the selection by a jury designated by the presidium. The awards continue in 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  
    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  
    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  
    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)            

 

 

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

Secretariat

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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.

 

Secretary General

Secretary General

 
 
Dr David Fernández-Ordóñez
Account and Administration Specialist

Account and Administration Specialist

Ms. Daniele Saugy
Communications and Events Specialist

Communications and Events Specialist

 
Ms. Marie Reymond
Web Development and Publications Specialist

Web Development and Publications Specialist

Ms. Corinne Bottollier Dépois


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    fib Account & Administration Specialist

    fib Communications & Events Specialist

    fib Web Development & Publications Specialist
 

 

General assembly

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140710 organizational chartThe fib general assembly (GA) consists of the heads of delegation (one per country) and the additional delegates (or their deputies) as appointed by the national groups.  The number of delegates, and accordingly, the number of votes, for each national group is determined by the chosen subscription level.

fib members can find the current list of national groups and their respective delegates and deputies if they logged in the fib members' section of the website.

The GA meets at least once every two years and is the overriding authority of the association.  It is therefore responsible for approving:

  • amendments to the statutes;
  • resolutions and technical conclusions, including the fib Model Code;
  • voting rights of national groups;
  • operating budget, accounting, membership subscriptions and other financial matters; and
  • honorary members and honorary presidents

In addition, the GA elects the following members of the presidium:

  • President and Deputy-President
  • Honorary Treasurer
  • Four elected presidium members (for a four-year term)
 
 

First name Last name Country Affiliation
Antonio Martinez Cutillas Spain Carlos Fernandez Casado, S.L.
Milan Kalny Czech Republic Pontex s.r.o. Prague
Andrew Truby United Kingdom Truby Stevenson Ltd
Roland Fox Luxembourg Admin. Ponts et Chaussées
Xuekang Tao China China Acad. Building Res.
Julio Timerman Brazil IBRACON /ENGETI
Avraham Dancygier Israel Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Congzhen Xiao China China Acad. Building Res.
Mikael Braestrup Denmark Rambøll
Gennadiy G. Farenyuk Ukraine NIISK - Research Inst. Building Constr.
Jiri Kolisko Czech Republic Czech Technical University in Prague
Kyoji Niitani Japan Oriental Shiraishi Corporation
Eva Oller Ibars Spain Technical University of Catalonia
Alejandro Pérez Caldentey Spain Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Jesus Gomez Hermoso Spain -
Hasan Ali Karahan Turkey ITU - Istanbul Technical University, Rectorate
Stathis Bousias Greece University of Patras
David Fernández-Ordóñez Switzerland fib
Jan Vítek Czech Republic Metrostav a. s.
Elisabeth Hierlein Germany FDB - Fachvereinigung Deutscher Betonfertigteilbau e.V.
Udo Wiens Germany DAfStb - Deutscher Ausschuss für
Ludger Lohaus Germany Leibniz Universität Hannover
Hans Rudolf Ganz Switzerland Ganz Consulting
Stef Maas Belgium FEBE
João Almeida Portugal Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa
György L. Balázs Hungary Budapest Univ. of Techn. & Economics
Konrad Bergmeister Austria Univ. Bodenkultur
Christis Chrysostomou Cyprus Cyprus University of Technology
Manfred Curbach Germany Technische Univ. Dresden
Wit Derkowski Poland Cracow Technical University
Iria Doniak Brazil ABCIC
Brett Pielstick United States Eisman & Russo
Alper Ilki Turkey ITU - Istanbul Technical University
Akio Kasuga Japan Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd
Yurii Kalyukh Ukraine NIISK - Research Inst of Building Constr.
Jože Lopatič Slovenia University of Ljubljana
Giuseppe Mancini Italy Politecnico Torino
Marco Menegotto Italy Private
Frank Papworth Australia BCRC
Larbi Sennour United States The Consulting Engineers Gr., Inc.
Dabin Feng China China Acad. Building Res.
Thanasis Triantafillou Greece University of Patras
Aad van der Horst Netherlands -
Joost Walraven Netherlands Delft University of Technology
Patrick Rougeau France CERIB
Christian Cremona France Bouygues Construction
Sherif Yehia United Arab Emirates -
Kees Blom Netherlands City of Rotterdam
Laurent Boutillon France Vinci Construction Grands Projets
Owen Brooker United Kingdom Structronix Ltd
Jean-François Cap Belgium SECO Bureau de contrôle tech. pour la constr.
Edoardo Cosenza Italy Univ. of Napoli Federico II
George Cremasco Australia Westkon Precast Concrete Pty. Ltd
Carola K. Edvardsen Denmark Cowi AS
Paul Gauvreau Canada University of Toronto
Charles Goodchild United Kingdom The Concrete Centre
Patrick Guiraud France Cimbéton
Johan Silfwerbrand Sweden KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Kim Johansson Finland Concrete Assoc. of Finland
Walter Kaufmann Switzerland ETH Zürich
Josef Knitl Germany Max Bögl GmbH
Tamás Kovacs Hungary Budapest Univ. Technology
Itai Leviathan Israel Leviathan Engineers
Wolfgang Lindlbauer Austria Lindlbauer Consultancy
János Magyar Hungary A-HID Epito Zartköruen Mukodo Reszvénytarsasag
Viktor Markelj Slovenia Ponting d.o.o.
Lars Meyer Germany Deutscher Beton- und Bautechnik-Verein
Michael Pauser Austria ÖBV
Andrea Prota Italy Universita di Napoli Federico II
Robert Vollum United Kingdom Imperial College London
Johan Paul Vyncke Belgium CSTC Limelette
Anna Saetta Italy Università Iuav di Venezia
Dan Georgescu Romania Techn. Univ. of Civil Engineering
Fabrice Gatuingt France ENS Cachan
Platonas Stylianou Cyprus Platonas Stylianou Consulting Engineers
Nadarajah Surendran United Kingdom PRAETER Engineering Ltd
Kjell Fosså Norway Kvaerner Concrete Solutions
Bob Risser United States PCI Precast/Prestressed Concrete Inst.
Christian Schang France SNCF RESEAU
Anna Halicka Poland Lublin University of Technology
Antonio Occhiuzzi Italy Istituto per le tecnologie della costruzione consiglio nazionale delle
Vahid Shahhosseini Iran, Islamic Republic of Amirkabir Univ. of Technology
Larry Krauser United States General Technologies, Inc.
Hans-Dieter Beushausen South Africa University of Cape Town
Minehiro Nishiyama Japan Kyoto University
Susumu Inoue Japan Osaka Institute of Technology
Rayed Al Arashi United Arab Emirates Goverment of Dubai
Harald Müller Germany SMP Ingenieure im Bauwesen GmbH
Petr Hajek Czech Republic Czech Technical University in Prague
Antonio Mari Bernat Spain Uni. Politéc. Catalunya
Fernando Stucchi Brazil ABECE/EGT
Giovanni Plizzari Italy University of Brescia
Stephen Foster Australia UNSW Australia
Johann Kollegger Austria Vienna University of Technology
Sung-Gul Hong Korea, Republic of Seoul National University
Linh Hoang Denmark Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Xilin Lu China Tongji University
Hikaru Nakamura Japan Nagoya University
Gregg A. Freeby United States ASBI (American Segmental Bridge Institute)
Janne Kihula Finland Finnish Concrete Industry Association
Denis Mitchell Canada McGill Univ. Montreal
Robby Caspeele Belgium Ghent University
Odinir Klein Júnior Brazil França e Associados
Dmitry Kuzevanov Russian Federation NIIZHB
Mikael Hallgren Sweden Tyréns Sverige AB
Peter Paulik Slovakia Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Eduardo Julio Portugal Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Manuel Pipa Portugal LNEC Lisbon
Marco di Prisco Italy Politecnico di Milano
Chris Hendy United Kingdom Atkins
Vyatcheslav Falikman Russian Federation Russian Structural Concrete Association
Tor Martius-Hammer Norway SINTEF AS
Alejandro Mateos Argentina National University of Northwest of Buenos Aires - UNNOBA
Wayne Kassian Canada Kassian Dyck Associates
Takumi Shimomura Japan Nagaoka Univ. of Technology
Agnieszka Bigaj-van Vliet Netherlands TNO - Buildings, Infrastructures and Maritime
Mario Pimentel Portugal -
Martin Moravcik Slovakia SNK fib
Antonio Cladera Bohigas Spain University of Balearic Islands
Luc Taerwe Belgium Ghent University
Venkataramana Heggade India Indian National Academy of Engineers
Wim Jansze Netherlands Consolis
Renata Kotynia Poland Lodz University of Technology
Thierry Delemont Switzerland T-ingenierie SA
Andreas Sjaastad Norway Veidekke Entreprenør AS
Arianna Minoretti Norway Statens vegvesen
Moustafa Al-Ani New Zealand -
Sándor Sólyom Hungary Budapest Univ. of Techn. & Economics
Jean Michel Torrenti France Univ Gustave Eiffel
Sylvia Kessler Germany Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Pilate Moyo South Africa -
Jongkwon Choi Korea, Republic of Hongik University
Reggie H. Holt United States Federal Highway Administration
Benjamin Graybeal United States Federal Highway Administration
Hemant O Thakare India The Institution of Engineers
Tetsuya Ishida Japan Department of Civil Engineering
Lionel Linger France Vinci Construction Grand Projets
Tim Christle United States Post-Tensioning Institute
Ólafur Haraldsson Iceland Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration
Sigríður Ósk Bjarnadóttir Iceland The Icelandic Concrete Association
Alok Bhowmick India B&S Engineering Consultants PVT.Ltd
Manoj Mittal India Indian Association of Structural Engineers- IAStructE
Anssi Laaksonen Finland Tampere University of Technology
Auli Lastunen Finland Concrete Association of Finland
Fatma Mohamed Tanzania, United Republic of University of Dar Es Salaam
Lwitiko Kalenga Tanzania, United Republic of University of Dar es Salaam
Sisir Banerjee India The Institution of Engineers
Marcin Górski Poland Silesian University of Technology
Alberto Meda Italy University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Steve Denton United Kingdom WSP
Alfred Strauss Austria BOKU University
Giuseppe Loporcaro New Zealand University of Canterbury

Technical council

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The fib technical council (TC) consists of the heads of delegation of the national groups, commission chairs, presidium members, honorary presidents, the secretary general and additional members appointed by the presidium for a four-year term.  

fib members can find the current list of TC members in when they are logged in the fib members section of the website.

The TC meets at least once per year and is responsible for initiating commissions and task groups, approving their terms of reference and appointing their chairs and conveners, respectively.  The TC monitors the work of all the commissions and approves all recommendations, guides and manuals for publication.

The TC also makes recommendations to the presidium regarding:

  • the dissemination of the results (in the form of bulletins, for example); and
  • the need to put forth technical resolutions to be approved by the GA.


 
 

First name Last name Country Affiliation
Iria Doniak Brazil ABCIC
Hans Rudolf Ganz Switzerland Ganz Consulting
Jim Forbes Australia Arcadis
Gordon Clark United Kingdom Consultant
Larbi Sennour United States The Consulting Engineers Gr., Inc.
Avraham Dancygier Israel Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Roland Fox Luxembourg Admin. Ponts et Chaussées
David Fernández-Ordóñez Switzerland fib
Steinar Helland Norway S Helland Konsult
Johan Silfwerbrand Sweden KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Antonio Martinez Cutillas Spain Carlos Fernandez Casado, S.L.
György L. Balázs Hungary Budapest Univ. of Techn. & Economics
Jean Michel Torrenti France Univ Gustave Eiffel
Konrad Bergmeister Austria Univ. Bodenkultur
Christis Chrysostomou Cyprus Cyprus University of Technology
Milan Kalny Czech Republic Pontex s.r.o. Prague
Manfred Curbach Germany Technische Univ. Dresden
Wit Derkowski Poland Cracow Technical University
Alper Ilki Turkey ITU - Istanbul Technical University
Akio Kasuga Japan Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd
Gennadiy G. Farenyuk Ukraine NIISK - Research Inst. Building Constr.
Jože Lopatič Slovenia University of Ljubljana
Giuseppe Mancini Italy Politecnico Torino
Marco Menegotto Italy Private
Maria Rosaria Pecce Italy University of Naples Federico II
Thanasis Triantafillou Greece University of Patras
Aad van der Horst Netherlands -
Joost Walraven Netherlands Delft University of Technology
Xuekang Tao China China Acad. Building Res.
Hans-Dieter Beushausen South Africa University of Cape Town
Mikael Braestrup Denmark Rambøll
Rayed Al Arashi United Arab Emirates Goverment of Dubai
Harald Müller Germany SMP Ingenieure im Bauwesen GmbH
Michel Virlogeux France Virlogeux Consulting
Tamon Ueda China Shenzhen University
Fernando Stucchi Brazil ABECE/EGT
Stephen Foster Australia UNSW Australia
Sung-Gul Hong Korea, Republic of Seoul National University
Rolf Eligehausen Germany IWB, Universität Stuttgart
Stef Maas Belgium FEBE
Robby Caspeele Belgium Ghent University
Peter Paulik Slovakia Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Eduardo Julio Portugal Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Marco di Prisco Italy Politecnico di Milano
Chris Hendy United Kingdom Atkins
René Walther Switzerland Walther Mory Maier Bauingenieure AG
Vyatcheslav Falikman Russian Federation Russian Structural Concrete Association
Tor Martius-Hammer Norway SINTEF AS
Michael Fardis Greece University of Patras
Agnieszka Bigaj-van Vliet Netherlands TNO - Buildings, Infrastructures and Maritime
Alberto Meda Italy University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Jan Vítek Czech Republic Metrostav a. s.
Alfred Strauss Austria BOKU University
Luc Taerwe Belgium Ghent University
Venkataramana Heggade India Indian National Academy of Engineers
Xilin Lu China Tongji University
Antonio Caballero Switzerland Screening Eagle Technologies AG
Wayne Kassian Canada Kassian Dyck Associates
José Campos e Matos Portugal University of Minho
Thierry Delemont Switzerland T-ingenierie SA
Hugo Corres Peiretti Spain FHECOR Ingenieros Consultores
Domenico Asprone Italy University of Naples Federico II
Linh Hoang Denmark Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Sylvia Kessler Germany Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Tetsuya Ishida Japan Department of Civil Engineering
Tor Ole Olsen Norway Olav Olsen a.s.
Ólafur Haraldsson Iceland Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration
Tim Christle United States Post-Tensioning Institute
Alok Bhowmick India B&S Engineering Consultants PVT.Ltd
Moustafa Al-Ani New Zealand -
Auli Lastunen Finland Concrete Association of Finland
Marcelo Melo Brazil Casagrande Engenharia
Fatma Mohamed Tanzania, United Republic of University of Dar Es Salaam
Vahid Shahhosseini Iran, Islamic Republic of Amirkabir Univ. of Technology
Alejandro Mateos Argentina National University of Northwest of Buenos Aires - UNNOBA
Dan Georgescu Romania Techn. Univ. of Civil Engineering
Hemant O Thakare India The Institution of Engineers
Steve Denton United Kingdom WSP

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Ch. du Barrage, Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

Contact

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f : +41 21 693 62 45
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