Fédération internationale du béton

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The Fédération internationale du béton (fib, English International Federation for Structural Concrete ) is the international society for concrete and was created in 1998 from the merger of the Comité Européen du Béton (CEB) and the international society for prestressed concrete Fédération Internationale de la Précontrainte (fip). They organize congresses and symposia and publish reports and magazines. The seat is at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne .

The German representation in fib is the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete (DAfStb).

history

The CEB was founded in 1953 on the initiative of French companies and institutions in the building industry. The founders were André Balency-Béarn in France, Louis Baes (Belgium), Emile Nennig (Luxembourg), Hubert Rüsch (Germany), Eduardo Torroja Miret (Spain) and Georg Wästlund (Sweden). Their first Bulletin d'Information was published in 1957 (the last in 1998 as No. 243). The aim was to standardize the provisions at European level in a practical form and to prepare a standardization (which then took place with the Eurocodes ). Its first recommendations appeared in 1964. In 1968, these recommendations were adopted by UNESCO, especially for developing countries. From 1976 they were called Comité euro-international du béton . In 1978 the International System of Unified Standard Codes of Practice for Structure came out (in collaboration with FIP), which later formed the basis of the Eurocode in the concrete sector. In 1980 the headquarters moved from Paris to Geneva and in 1985 to EPFL in Lausanne. In 1985 the recommendations for earthquake-proof construction appeared.

The fip in 1952 at an international conference in Cambridge founded. The first general manager was Philip Gooding, General Manager of the British Cement & Concrete Association (CCA) in 1954. They have been working with the CEB since 1962 on recommendations for prestressed concrete. From 1967 the FIP Notes appeared. In 1985 they moved to the Institution of Structural Engineers in London.

They award the Freyssinet Medal .

Awards

Honorary members of fip for life were:

Honorary members for life of the CEB were:

Honorary members for life of fib are:

The fip medal received:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ to the CEB at the French National Library
  2. ↑ Awards of the forerunners of fib