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
- CEB Presidents
- FIP Presidents
- CEB Plenary Sessions
- FIP Congresses
- FIP Symposia
- CEB & FIP Awards
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:
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| 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:
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| 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 |
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| 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 |