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We are pleased to send you the second issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2017. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

Content:

• fib Symposium in Maastricht
• fib Medal and Honours recipients
• fib AAYE winners
• fib Award for Outstanding Concrete Structure
• Next fib events

fib Symposium in Maastricht

The latest fib event took place in Maastricht, The Netherlands from 12 to 14 June 2017. This event was a complete success with 322 papers presented, 26 project presentations, 4 keynote lectures, 830 authors from 43 countries and about 625 participants.

fib Medal and Honours recipients

The fib is delighted to announce the 2017 Medal of Merit and Honorary Members. Professor Aad van der Horst was awarded the 2017 fib Medal of Merit. Professor Vyatcheslav Falikman and Professor Ferdinand Rostásy received the 2017 fib Honorary Membership. The fib wishes to thank them all for their contribution to the work of the fib.

fib AAYE winners

The Achievement Award for Young Engineers was presented in Maastricht during the Symposium. Patrick Huber (Austria) won the Research Award for his thesis entitled “Assessment of shear strength of existing reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges”. Miguel Sacristán (Spain) received the Design & Construction Award for the exceptional array of projects he took part in, both in Spain and worldwide.

The level of the entries being excellent, the jury decided to award four Special Mentions for the outstanding work demonstrated by Bruno Dal Lago, Fuyuan Gong, Carlo Segato and Alvaro Serrano.

The next AAYE edition will start in 2018. Please visit our website regularly for more information.

fib Award for Outstanding Concrete Structure

Entries are now being accepted for the fib’s 2018 Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures (AOS), which gives international recognition to structures that demonstrate the versatility of concrete as a structural medium. The deadline is 31 December 2017. The 2018 AOS will be presented at the fib’s Congress in Melbourne, Australia in October 2018. For more information, please visit our website.

Next fib event

The next fib PhD Symposium will take place in Prague, Czech Republic in August 2018. For more information, please visit the official website. The abstract submission deadline is 30 October 2017.

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We are pleased to send you the first issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2017. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

Content:

• Presidium
• fib Symposium in Maastricht
• Structural Concrete, Issue 1 February 2017
• fib -news March 2017

Presidium:

The fib is delighted to announce its Presidium’s new composition. Prof. Hugo Corres Peiretti was elected as President for years 2017-2018 in the General Assembly meeting in Cape Town. Prof. Harald Müller is now Immediate Past President and Tor Ole Olsen is Deputy President.

Maastricht Symposium:

The next fib Symposium, entitled “High tech concrete: Where technology and engineering meet!” will be held from June 12 to 14 June 2017 at the MECC in Maastricht.

It will cover a wide range of topics: Materials technology, Modelling, testing and design, Special loadings, Safety, reliability and codes, Existing concrete structures, Durability and life time, Sustainability, Innovative building concepts, Challenging projects and Historic concrete. The 2017 Achievement Award for Young Engineers ceremony will be held on this occasion.

Please visit the symposium website (http://fibsymposium2017.com/) for more information and to register.

Structural Concrete, Issue 1 – February 2017:

Our journal Structural Concrete underwent several changes since its last issue in December 2016. Our journal was previously published by Ernst & Sohn. From now on, Structural Concrete will be published by Wiley, which is the primary company to which Ernst & Sohn belongs. There will be six issues instead of four per annum, which means that we will be able to publish more articles every year and the publishing time will be shorter. The final papers will be available online sooner, allowing the papers to be cited earlier.

The first issue of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal is available to fib members via the Wiley Online Library. Members can access the journal by going to the ‘Members only’ section of the fibwebsite (http://www.fib-international.org/) and clicking on the ‘Wiley Online Library’ link.

fib-news March 2017

The March issue of fib -news is available for downloading on the journal page of the fib website. It features articles on the fib Symposium in Cape Town, fib UK DISC, joint ACI-fib workshop on punching shear as well as shorter news.

For more news

Visit our Latest News page and find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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We are pleased to send you the last issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2016. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

In this issue:

fib Symposium in Maastricht

FRP course in Ghent

Structural Concrete, Issue 4, December 2016

fib-news, December 2016

New addition to the fib Secretariat

fib Symposium in Maastricht

Online registrations for the next fib Symposium “High-tech concrete: Where technology and engineering meet!” are open: please register here.

The Symposium will take place at the MECC in Maastricht, Netherlands from 12 June to 14 June 2017.

The topics include materials technology; modelling, testing and design; special loadings; safety, reliability and codes; existing concrete structures; durability and life time; sustainability; innovative building concepts; challenging projects and historic concrete.

On this occasion, the award ceremony for the Achievement Award for Young Engineers (AAYE) in memory of A.S.G. Bruggeling will take place.

Early bird registrations are open until 1 March 2017. Please visit the official website for more information.

FRP short course in Ghent

This course provides an occasion to focus on the design and application of FRP reinforcement both in new and existing structures. It is taught by international experts, including Prof. György L. Balázs, Dr. Christoph Czaderski, Prof. Renata Kotynia, Prof. Stijn Matthys, Prof. Joaquim A. O. Barros, Pros. Lluis Torres, Dr. Maurizion Guadagnini and Prof. Valter Carvelli.

This course will take place on 23-27 January 2017 at Ghent University. The organisers are: fib (Task Group 5.1 and Commission 5), the Marie Curie project ‘endure’ and COST action TU1207, with the support of the Engineering Society ie-net, the Belgian Concrete Society and the UGent Institute for Post-Academic Education.

Please visit the official website for more information.

Structural Concrete, Issue 4, December 2016

The December 2016 issue of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal is available via the Wiley Online Library. Members can also access the journal by going to the ‘Members only’ section of the fib website and clicking on the ‘Wiley Online Library’ link.

December 2016 fib-news 

The December issue of fib-news is available for downloading on the journal page of the fib website. It features articles on the 11^th PhD Symposium held in Tokyo in August 2016, the 8^th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions Environment & Loading, fib Bulletin 79 “Fibre-reinforced concrete: from design to structural applications”, Commission 7: Sustainability and the joint Abcic-fib Overview through the new fib Planning and Design Handbook on Precast Building Structures – Emphasizing Multi-Story and Tall Buildings in São Paulo, Brazil.

New addition to the fib Secretariat

Ms. Corinne Bottollier-Dépois has recently joined the fib Secretariat team as Publication Specialist. She is also in charge of developing the new fib website. Corinne Bottollier, Marie Reymond in Communications and Events and Joëlle Debey in Administration will be happy to help you with any questions that may arise.

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We are pleased to send you this issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2016. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

In this issue:

• Extended Abstract Submission Deadline for 2017 Maastricht Symposium
• AAYE Call for Entries
• fib Bulletin 78: Precast-concrete buildings in seismic areas
• fib Bulletin 79: Fibre-reinforced concrete: From design to structural applications
• Structural Concrete, Issue 3, September 2016
• fib-news, September 2016
• New addition to the fib Secretariat

Extended Abstract Submission Deadline for 2017 Maastricht Symposium

The OC of the fib’s 2017 Symposium in Maastricht has announced that they are extending the abstract submission deadline to 15 October 2016. They have already received over 260 high quality papers and are open to receiving even more submissions.  The symposium will be held from 12 to 14 June 2017 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. For abstract submission details and symposium topics, please visit the symposium website.

AAYE Call for Entries

Entries are being accepted for the fib’s Achievement Award for Young Engineers (AAYE) which recognizes the work of engineers under the age of 40. The 2017 AAYE will be presented at the fib’s Symposium in Maastricht, the Netherlands in June 2017.  The award is being given in honour and memory of Professor A.S.G. Bruggeling, and the prize money is being generously sponsored by DYWIDAG-Systems International B.V. and SPANBETON B.V.   Candidates must be endorsed by an fib national delegation and the deadline for award entries is 1 November 2016.  Please visit the fib website for candidate eligibility and submission requirements.

fib Bulletin 78:  Precast-concrete buildings in seismic areas

fib Bulletin 78 Precast-concrete buildings in seismic areas is now available in the fib’s online store.  Bulletin 78 presents the main principles of seismic design of different structural systems, their behavior and their construction techniques of precast buildings through rules, construction steps and sequences, procedures and details.

fib Bulletin 79:  Fibre-reinforced concrete: From design to structural applications

fib Bulletin 79, Fibre-reinforced concrete: From design to structural applications, is now available in the fib’s online store. Although fibre-reinforced concrete has been used for several decades – quite modestly in regards to its enormous potential – it is only recently that it has reached a level of maturity such that it can be used by engineers with confidence. From that perspective, this bulletin provides the state-of-art on the recent progress made in terms of specifications and actual applications.

Structural Concrete, September 2016

The September 2016 issue of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal is available to fib members via the Wiley Online Library.  Members can access the journal by going to the ‘Members only’ section of the fib website and clicking on the ‘Wiley Online Library’ link.

September 2016 fib-news 

The September 2106 issue of fib-news is available for downloading on the journal page of the fib website.  It features articles on the Technical Council meeting in Madrid, 2017 Achievement Award for Young Engineers, Redefining fib Commission 3, fib Bulletin 78 as well as the Second International Conference on Concrete Sustainability (ICCS16).

New addition to the fib Secretariat

Please join us in wishing a warm welcome to Marie Reymond, who recently joined the fib Secretariat in Lausanne.  Marie will be working on the fib’s communications and events coordination.  Prior to joining the fib, Marie completed her studies at the University of Lausanne in Humanities, specializing in publishing, including old books and manuscripts.  She can be reached at communications@fib-international.org.

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This e-newsletter was prepared and distributed by the fib secretariat. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties. If you wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter, please let us know by return email. 

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We are pleased to send you the second issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2016. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

In this issue:

• fib Bulletin 77:  Corrugated-steel-web bridges
• fib 2016 Symposium Cape Town — Online registration open
• Structural Concrete journal, Issue 1 March 2016
• fib-news, March 2016
• ACI Awards for fib members

fib Bulletin 77:  Corrugated-steel-web bridges

fib Bulletin 77 Corrugated-steel-web bridges is now available in the fib’s online store.  Bulletin 77 offers the latest technical and theoretical information about corrugated-steel-web construction processes as well as in-depth studies of bridges in Japan, France and Germany.

fib 2016 Symposium Cape Town — Online registration open

Online registration is now open for the fib’s 2016 Symposium, Performance-based approaches for concrete structures, which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. The symposium will be held from 21 to 23 November 2016 at the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB).  The symposium will address themes such as modelling and testing of concrete properties, materials technology, structural design aspects, durability and service life, sustainability aspects, and construction systems and will include keynote presentations by leading international experts.  Early bird registration is available until 30 June 2016.  Please visit the symposium website for information on fees and to register.

Structural Concrete journal, Issue 1 March 2016

The March 2016 issue of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal is available to fib members via the Wiley Online Library.  Members can access the journal by going to the ‘Members only’ section of the fib website and clicking on the ‘Wiley Online Library’ link.

 fib-news March 2016

The March 2016 issue of fib-news is available for downloading on the journal page of the fib website.  It features aritcles on the fib’s MC2020 initiative, the fib’s new Secretary General, the fib-ACI memorandum of cooperation, the focus and activities of fib’s Commission 4 – Concrete and Concrete Technology, the Betontage Asia 2015 conference in Shanghai, and the 4th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure.

ACI Awards for fib members

fib members Frank J. Vecchio of the University of Toronto, Canada, and Stefano Pampanin of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, have received recognition from the American Concrete Institute (ACI) for their excellence in the domain of structural engineering. Professor Vecchio received the Joe W. Kelly Award for his outstanding contribution to education in the broad field of concrete. Professor Pampanin obtained the ACI Design Award, which recognizes advanced concepts and techniques applied to a specific design project.

Follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for regular updates.

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Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to send you the first issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2016. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

In this issue:

• Principle fib Events in 2016
• fib Model Code 2020 (MC2020) Update
• ICCS 16 Early Registration
• new fib Secretary General
• Structural Concrete, Issue 4, December 2015
• fib-news, December 2015
• fib Bulletin 76

Principle fib Events in 2016

The fib is pleased to offer two principle events in 2016 hosted and organized by fib members in the countries of these two events.

The 11^th International fib PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering will be held on the Hongo Main Campus of the University of Tokyo from 29-31 August 2016.  PhD candidates from around the world will present their work and share their experiences.  As in prior years, the most outstanding papers and presentations will be awarded prizes.

The fib’s 2016 Symposium, Performance-based approaches for concrete structures, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 21-23 November 2016.  Over 350 abstracts originating from 50 countries have been received.  The symposium will focus on current developments in concrete technology and structural concrete design, with a particular focus on performance-based approaches.

Please visit the event websites or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for further updates on these events.

fib Model Code 2020 (MC2020) Update

The MC2020 Core Group met in Madrid on 11 and 12 December 2015 to identify the goals for the publication. It was agreed that this new model code should be a single, merged structural code dealing with both new and existing concrete structures and should be an operational model code oriented towards practical needs.  The core group outlined numerous additional aspirational goals, which will be published in the upcoming issue of fib-news.

ICCS 16 Early Registration

There is still time to take advantage of the early registration fees for the Second International Conference on Concrete Sustainability (ICCS 16).  The conference will be held at the School of Civil Engineers at the Universidad Politénica de Madrid from 13-15 June 2016.  Discounted registration fees are available until 29 February 2016.  Please visit the conference website for programme information and registration details.

New fib Secretary General

The fib Presidium has appointed a new secretary general, Dr David Fernández-Ordóñez, who assumed his executive duties in Lausanne on 4 January 2016.  At the time of his appointment, Dr Fernández-Ordóñez was Deputy Director of the School of Civil Engineers at the Technical University of Madrid.  Please visit the fib website or our public posts on LinkedIn and Facebook for more information on Dr Fernández-Ordóñez.

Structural Concrete, December 2015

The December 2015 issue of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal is available to fib members via the Wiley Online Library.  Members can access the journal by going to the ‘Members only’ section of the fib website and clicking on the ‘Wiley Online Library’ link.

December 2015 fib-news 

The December issue of fib-news is available for downloading on the journal page of the fib website.  It features aritcles on the RILEM-fib memorandum of cooperation, the ‘Precast concrete – a continuing evolution’ seminar hosted by the Institution of Structural Engineers in London in September 2015, as well as the Fourth International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR 2015) held in Leipzig in October 2015.

fib Bulletin 76

fib Bulletin 76: Benchmarking of deemed-to-satisfy provisions in standards – Durability of reinforced concrete structures exposed to chlorides is now available in the fib’s online store. fib Bulletin 76 presents the benchmarking of a number of rules for chloride-induced corrosion as given in national codes such as European, US and Australian standards.

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We are pleased to send you the sixth issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2015. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

In this issue:

• fib Model      Code 2020
• 2016 fib Symposium Cape Town Abstract      Deadline Approaching
• Memorandum of cooperation between the fib and      RILEM
• Memorandum of cooperation between the fib and      ACI
• FRP Training Course:  Reinforcing and      strengthening of structures with FRP reinforcement
• Reminder:  Special IHS-BRE Press Discount      for fib members (offer expiring 30 November)

fib Model Code 2020

At its recent meeting in Sydney in August 2015, the fib Presidium agreed to establish a core group of members to prepare a detailed roadmap for the next generation of the fib’s Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010 (MC2010), currently the most advanced structural concrete code available.  The new initiative, to be entitled Model Code 2020, will be submitted to the fib’s Technical Council for approval and will be carried out under the direction of a new special activity group, which will be comprised of members from all of the fib’s existing commissions.  This new edition will update the material in the MC2010 and will add data on existing structures.

2016 fib Symposium Cape Town Abstract Deadline Approaching

The abstract deadline for the fib’s 2016 Symposium in Cape Town is 31 December 2015.  Approximately 265 abstracts from 43 countries have already been submitted for the symposium, which will be held from 21-23 November 2016.  The conference topics broadly encompass concrete materials technology, modelling and testing of concrete properties, structural design of concrete structures, durabililty and service life, sustainability aspects, and construction systems.  Further details on the scope and aims of the conference, deadlines and abstract submission requirements can be found on the event website.

Memorandum of cooperation between the fib and RILEM

The fib and RILEM, the Réunion internationale des laboratories et experts des matériaux, systèmes de construction et ouvrages, recently signed a memorandum of cooperation.  The main goal of the cooperation is the coordination of technical activities in the field of structural concrete, which will include having members of each organization participate in committee activities of the other.  In addition, members of both organizations will in the future benefit directly by being able to purchase the other organization’s publications at a discounted price.

Memorandum of cooperation between the fib and ACI

On 8 November 2015, fib President Harald S. Müller signed a memorandum of cooperation with ACI President Sharon Wood, ACI Past President William E. Rushing and ACI Executive President Ronald G. Burg.  ACI and the fib have cooperated on projects for many years, including holding a joint session on Life Cycle Cost and Service Life Design at the 2015 ACI Fall Convention in Denver.  The signing of this memorandum of cooperation seals both associations’ commitment to developing and disseminating knowledge about concrete globally.

FRP Training Course:  Reinforcing and strengthening of structures with FRP reinforcement

The second edition of the FRP Training Course is once again being organised by Ghent University, fib Task Group 5.1, endure (European Network for Durable Reinforcement and Rehabilitation Solutions) and Action TU1207. The course will take place at Ghent University from 25-29 January 2016.   Following the successful 2015 edition of this course, the 2016 edition will provide a comprehensive overview of the design and application of FRP reinforcement in new construction and rehabilitation and will be taught by international experts in the field.  This training course is intended for all industry and research professionals involved in FRP reinforcement for reinforcing concrete structures or for strengthening existing structures.  Please visit the FRP Training Course website for more details and to register.

Reminder:  Special IHS-BRE Press discount for fib members (offer expiring 30 November)

IHS-BRE Press is offering a 20% discount on selected titles for members of the fib.  The offer is expiring on 30 November 2015.  Please visit the What’s New page of the fib website for more details and a list of eligible titles.

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We are pleased to send you the fifth issue of the fib e-newsletter for 2015. Please feel free to forward it to any interested parties.

Best regards,

The fib Secretariat

In this issue:

• September 2015 issue of fib-news
• Structural Concrete Journal,      September 2015
• Call for Abstracts – 2016 fib PhD      Symposium in Tokyo
• Call for Abstracts – ARCH 2016
• fib LinkedIn      profile

September 2015 issue of fib-news

The September issue of fib-news is now available for downloading on the journal page of the fib website.

Structural Concrete Journal, September 2015

The September 2015 issue of the fib’s Structural Concrete journal is now available to fib members via the Wiley Online Library.  fib Members can access the journal by going to the “Members only” section of the fib website.  From the Members only menu, click on the “Wiley Online Library” link.

Call for Abstracts — 2016 fib PhD Symposium in Tokyo

Abstracts are currently being accepted for the fib’s 2016 PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, which will be held from 29-31 August 2016 in Tokyo. The deadline for abstract submission is 1 November 2015.  Please visit the symposium website for submission details and requirements.

Call for Abstracts — ARCH 2016

Abstracts are currently being accepted for the 8th International Conference on Arch Bridges (ARCH 2016) which will be held from 5-7 October 2016 at the Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland.  The deadline for abstract submission is 30 September 2015.  Please visit the ARCH 2016 website for submission requirements.

fib LinkedIn profile

The fib is pleased to announce that it has a company profile on LinkedIn.  If you have a LinkedIn profile and wish to follow the fib for information about events and publications, please follow this link and click on the yellow “Follow” button on the fib profile page.  We look forward to connecting with you.

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