60 years Gordon Clark President of fib
fib - fédération internationale du béton International Federation for Structural Concrete created in 1998 by merger of the Euro-International Committee for Concrete (Comité Euro-international du Béton, founded 1953) and the International Federation for Pre-stressing (Fédération Internationale de la Précontrainte, founded 1952)
Aims and Objectives To develop at international level the study of scientific and practical matters in order to advance the technical, economic, aesthetic and environmental performance of concrete construction by a) stimulation of research and synthesis of findings, b) transfer into design and construction practice c) dissemination by publications, congresses, courses d) production of recommendations, guidance e) informing members through publications
1953 2013 Six Decades in Concrete A snapshot from features in magazine Concrete Quarterly for each 10 th anniversary.
1953 2013 Six Decades in Concrete Coincides with the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
1953 Le Corbusier RIBA Gold medal
1963 Commonwealth Institute London
1973 Sir Leslie Martin RIBA Gold Medal
1983 Low Energy Office UK
1993 Calatrava Lyon Station France
2003 High Strength Concrete Denmark
2013 Norman Foster Airport Jordan
15 times Increase 60% in China
Concrete in the World Essential to Society Estimated $1.2 trillion sector 1.5% of World GDP
60 years fib CEB FIP PRESIDENTS 1953-57 André Balency-Béarn (F) 1957-68 Franco Levi (I) 1968-71 Hubert Rüsch (D) 1971-78 Andrew Short (UK) 1979-83 Julio Ferry-Borges (P) 1983-87 Theodossios Tassios (GR) 1987-98 Roy Rowe (UK) 1998-2000 Michel Virlogeux (F) 2000-2002 Joost Walraven (NL) 2002-2004 Jim Forbes (AUS) 2005-2007 Giuseppe Mancini (I) 2007-2008 Hans-Rudolf Ganz (CH) 2009-2010 Michael Fardis (GR) 2011-2012 György L. Balázs (H) 2013-2014 Gordon Clark (UK) current President 2015-2016 Harald S. Müller (D) next President 1953-58 Eugéne Freyssinet (F) 1958-61 Eduardo Torroja (E) 1961-66 Yves Guyon (F) 1966-70 Franco Levi (I) 1970-74 Gerrit F. Janssonius (NL) 1974-78 Ben C. Gerwick Jr. (USA) 1978-82 Roger Lacroix (F) 1982-84 John Derrington (UK) 1984-88 Hans Wittfoht (D) 1988-92 René Walther (CH) 1992-96 Jan Moksnes (N) 1996-98 Michel Virlogeux (F)
60 years fib CEB FIP PRESIDENTS
60 years fib CEB FIP SECRETARY GENERALS 1953-89 Yves Saillard (F, CH) 1989-98 Rudiger Tewes (CH) 1953-71 Philip Gooding (UK) 1971-78 Arthur W Hill (UK) 1978-85 Barry W Shacklock (UK) 1985-94 Ralph Andrew (UK) 1994-98 John Dougill (UK) 1998-2008 Rudiger Tewes 2008-2010 Anna Bosche 2011- Petra Schumacher
60 years fib CEB FIP SECRETARY GENERALS
60 years of Change Design Codes Materials Construction equipment Analysis and Calculations
Design Codes From allowable stress to limit state Simple rules of thumb to complex formulae Verification by testing PC Beam Tests at 1953 FIP Symposium London
Materials From 3:2:1 mix to UHPFRC
Construction equipment Mechanisation
Analysis and Calculations From slide rule to computers and NLFEM
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60 years Symposia and Congresses 1950-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020 Since 1980 over 50% outside Europe fib member countries Non-members
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History of Model Codes 1964: 1st CEB International Recommendations 1970: 2nd CEB/FIP International Recommendations 1978: 1st CEB/FIP Model Code 1985: Model Code for Seismic Design of Concrete Structures 1990: 2nd CEB/FIP Model Code 2006: Model Code for Service Life Design 2010: 1st fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2013: Published in hardback book fib Model Code 2010 General Introduction
fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010 - Guiding document for new codes - Developing new code concepts - Synthesizing new knowledge in code format - Anticipating societal developments - Stimulating research in new areas fib Model Code 2010 General Introduction
PRESENTATION OF fib MC2010 BEFORE VOTING Technical Council 28 October 2011, Lausanne fib Model Code 2010 General Introduction - 10 January 2013
General Assembly voting on fib Model Code 2010 29 October 2011, Lausanne fib Model Code 2010 General Introduction
fib Presidium 2013-2014 Gordon Clark, UK, President Harald Mueller, Germany, Deputy President Gyorgy Balazs, Hungary, Past President Josee Bastien, Canada Hugo Corres, Spain Stephen Foster, Australia Aurelio Muttoni, Switzerland Tor Ole Olsen, Norway Koji Sakai, Japan Jun Yamazaki, Japan Petra Schumacher, Secretary General
fib Presidium 2015-2016 Harald Mueller, Germany, President Hugo Corres, Spain, Deputy President Gordon Clark, UK, Past President Josee Bastien, Canada Akio Kasuga, Japan Aurelio Muttoni, Switzerland Tor Ole Olsen, Norway Stephen Foster, Australia Frank Dehn, Germany Petra Schumacher, Secretary General Hans Ganz, Honorary Treasurer Co-options by President (t.b.a)
Congratulations to CEB-FIP/fib at 60 We are a strong organisation with a promising future fib Countries represent 85% of World GDP Best wishes for the next 60 years