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 for the fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers 2027 are now being accepted. The deadline is 9 November 2026.
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 Dresden, Germany, in June 2027, 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.
All candidates must be endorsed by their country’s fib National Delegation. The number of candidates each country may nominate is limited to the number of votes its National Delegation holds in the fib General Assembly.
Please note that some National Delegations select their candidates well in advance of the deadline. Early application is therefore strongly recommended. If you are unsure who the members of your country’s National Delegation are, 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. 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.
Relevant documents:
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Inês Rosa (Portugal) | Sébastien Verger Leboeuf (Canada) | ||
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nicola Gehri (Switzerland) | Thomas Thienpont (Belgium) | Numa Bertola (Switzerland) | Daniel Snodgrass (Canada) |
| 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) |
Outstanding Concrete Structures (AOS)
The Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures recognises concrete structures that showcase the versatility of concrete as a structural medium. Presented every four years at an 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, with no limit on the number of submissions, and are evaluated by a jury appointed by the presidium.
The next edition is scheduled for 2030, and the call for entries will be released in 2029. Sign up for the fib newsletter to be among the first to know when it opens.
This award continues the tradition of the former FIP Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures, conferred between 1990 and 1998.
Buildings
Okinawa Cellular Forest Building - Japan
Buildings
The Mega Spiral Staircase of Shanghai Grand Opera House - China
Civil Engineering Structures
US 181: New Harbor Bridge - U.S.A
Photo by © M. Sanchez
Photo by © M. Sanchez
2026 Special Mentions
Buildings
CUBE — The Carbon Reinforced Concrete Building - Germany
Buildings
Musée cantonal de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains (Elysée–Mudac) - Switzerland/Portugal
Civil Engineering Structures
Viaduct Kriváň - Mýtna on the Expressway R2 - Slovakia
Civil Engineering Structures
Preshell - Prefabricated Ultra Thin Concrete Shell - Portugal
2026 Exceptional Recognition
Buildings
RER E Station ”La Défense” - France
Civil Engineering Structures
Daidogawa Bridge - Japan
2022, 2018, 2014, 2010, 2006 and 2002 Winners
| 2022 | Buildings | 2018 | Buildings | 2014 | Buildings | 2010 | Buildings | 2006 | Buildings | 2002 | Buildings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rever Holdings Ryogoku - Japan | 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) | |||||||
| The Helsinki Olympic Stadium - Finland | 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) | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Civil Engineering Structures | 2018 | Civil Engineering Structures | 2014 | Civil Engineering Structures | 2010 | Civil Engineering Structures | 2006 | Civil Engineering Structures | 2002 | Civil Engineering Structures | |
| Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge - Ireland | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Konrad Bergmeister (Austria) | Walter Kaufmann (Switzerland) | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Avraham Dancygier (Israel) | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | Stephen Foster (Australia) |
| 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oguzhan Bayrak (United States) | Beatrice Belletti (Italy) | Joan Casas Rius (Spain) | Akio Kasuga (Japan) | Walter Kaufmann (Switzerland) | Ronald Klein-Holte (Netherlands) | Renata Kotynia (Poland) | Stef Maas (Belgium) |
| Alfred Strauss (Austria) | ||||||||
| 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) |