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. 

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.

Secretary General

 

 

Dr David Fernández-Ordóñez

Account and Administration Specialist

Ms. Daniele Saugy

Communications and Events Specialist

 

Ms. Marie Reymond

Web Development and Publications Specialist

Ms. Corinne Bottollier Dépois

General assembly

Written on 24 April 2017.

The 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)

Technical council

Written on 24 April 2017.

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.

Presidium

Written on 24 April 2017.

The presidium consists of the president, the deputy president, the immediate past president, four elected members, two elected deputy chairs of the technical council, the secretary general (ex officio) and up to two co-opted members.  The co-opted members are elected by the presidium on the recommendation of the president for the duration of his or her time in office.

The presidium meets several times per year and acts as the association’s executive committee.  It is responsible for the technical promotion of structural concrete through the association’s governing bodies. In order to achieve its objectives, the presidium may delegate special tasks to ad hoc committees.  The presidium is also charged with:

• selecting the venue and date of fib events (congresses, symposia, etc.);
• approving support of non-fib events;
• sets the conditions for membership and approves new members;
• grants awards, honorary memberships and medals of merit;
• appoints the secretary general and the editor-in-chief of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal; and
• issues directives and/or detailed regulations for all aspects not covered by the statutes.

President

The president is elected by the GA for two years and should already have served as deputy president for the preceding two years.  Following his or her term as president, he or she will serve as the immediate past president for a further two years.

Deputy President

The deputy president is elected by the GA for two years. 

President

Iria Doniak - Brazil

Past President

Stephen Foster - Australia

Deputy President

Agnieszka Bigaj Van Vliet - Netherlands

Presidium Member

Marco di Prisco - Italy

Presidium Member

Larbi Sennour - USA

Presidium Member

Jean Michel Torrenti - France

Presidium Member

Sylvia Kessler - Germany

Presidium Member

Alberto Meda - Italy

Presidium Member

Alfred Strauss - Austria

Presidium Member

Steve Denton - United Kingdom

Presidium Member

Tetsuya Ishida - Japan

Secretary General

David Fernández-Ordóñez - Spain

Guest

Hans Rudolf Ganz - Germany

Guest

György Balázs - Hungary

Guest

Luc Taerwe - Belgique

Guest

Marcelo Melo - Brazil

COM10: Model Codes

Written on 22 March 2017.

Motivation

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 or reuse 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, sustainability of structures, recognizing economic, aesthetic and other needs of different societies.

Scope and objective of technical work

The work on the Model Code (2020) was then completed in 2023. However, in 2020, during the revision of the Model Code, the world took a major turn toward carbon neutrality. And this had a major impact on our Model Code. Basically, the three main pillars of the Model Code (2020) are sustainability, a performance-based approach, and addressing new and existing structures. In the Model Code, consideration is given to low-carbon and decarbonization of concrete structures, but carbon neutrality has many uncertainties. Therefore, the Model Code (2020) needs to be maintained to update and respond to the changing situation regarding structural concrete in the future.

The mission of the second phase of COM10 is, first, to capture new knowledge on structural concrete, trends toward low-carbon and decarbonization, etc. in each of the fib committees and consolidate them in COM10 for the future edition of the Model Code. Then, improvements and supplementary rules for the Model Code will be considered by COM10 and fed back from the Task Groups and Commissions to the members. The second is to use the Model Code (2020) for actual structures and to discuss in COM10 any modifications or design or construction that may be necessary. Therefore, TG10.1, which has completed its role, has been be disbanded and two new task groups, TG10.2 and TG10.3, are formed. TG10.2 will update MC(2020) together with the respective commissions and task groups. TG10.3 will also attempt to put MC(2020) into practice by creating examples of application of the MC(2020), prepared by the YMG in collaboration with several senior engineers.

Commission Chair
Akio Kasuga

Deputy Chair
Stephen Foster

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