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History19521998
Briefhistoryofthefib'sparentassociations,CEBandFIP(1952to1998)
CEBPresidents19531998
FIPPresidents19531998
CEBHonoraryLifeMembers
FIPHonoraryLifeMembers
FreyssinetMedallists
FIPMedallists
CEBPlenarySessions
FIPCongresses
FIPSymposia
FIPAwardsforOutstandingStructures

Briefhistoryofthefib'sparentassociations,CEBandFIP(1952to1998)
1952 The Fdration internationale de la prcontrainte FIP (International Federation for
Prestressing)wasinauguratedataninternationalmeetingheldinCambridge,England.
1953 TheComiteuropendubtonCEB(EuropeanCommitteeforConcrete)wasfounded,on
an initiative of French contractors, by Andr BalencyBarn (France), Louis Baes
(Belgium),EmileNennig(Luxembourg),HubertRsch(Germany),EuardoTorroja(Spain)
and Georg Wstlund (Sweden). The French National Federation of Building (FNB /
SNBATI)inParishostedandsponsoredthesecretariat.YvesSaillardwasnominatedas
Secrtaire Permanent, and later became (1968) VicePrsident Dlgu and (1971)
PrsidentDlgu.
1954 Philip Gooding, DirectorGeneral of the Cement & Concrete Association was appointed
Secretary General of FIP. Subsequently, C&CA in Wexham Springs, UK, hosted and
sponsoredthesecretariat.
1957 Beginning of CEB's technical publication series 'Bulletins d'Information', continued until
No.243in1998.
1959 In CEB the priority of future work was given to the elaboration of easily usable
(international)practicalrules(recommendations),withpossiblylimitedinitialapplicationor
selection of a sufficient security, followed by improvement of the rules when research
resultspermit.Bythisdecision,theobjectivesofCEBhadtoberedefinedas:
coordinating and synthesizing research for all problems related to technology and
innovationinstructuralconcrete
creating and orchestrating the international principles and rules for the conception,
calculation,constructionandmaintenanceofconcretestructuresand
establishingcodes,standardsorotherregulatorydocumentsonaunifiedinternational
basisprogressively,throughsuccessivestages.
Forthesepurposesthefirst'WorkingCommissions'werecreated.

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1961 On the initiative of CEB the 'Liaison Committee for the International Civil Engineering
Associations',wascreated(comprisingstilltodaytheCIB,ECCS,fib,IABSEandRILEM),
withtheaimto definetheareasof activityandtoharmonize theendeavours.Underthe
auspices of the Liaison Committee, several joint undertakings with other associations
could be initiated, among them the creation of a joint CEBCIBRILEM Commission on
Statistical Quality Control (see CEB Bulletin 110) and in 1971 of the still existing Joint
CommitteeonStructuralSafety(JCSS).
1962 AcommoninitiativebyFIPandCEBcreateda'MixedCEBFIPCommitteeforDraftingof
RecommendationsforPrestressedConcrete'.
1964 The First CEB International Recommendations (covering reinforced concrete structures),
waspublishedsuccessivelyinfifteenlanguagesas'atentativedraftforacompletesetof
provisionalpracticalrecommendationsrelatingtoallaspectsofdesignandconstruction',
and contributed very efficiently to the progress of drafting of national codes in about
twentycountries.
1967 FIPNotescreatedasameansofdisseminationofnewsamongmembers,continueduntil
1998.
1968 The importance of the results achieved by CEB was officially recognised by the United
NationsinthepublishingoftheUNESCO'Codeetmanueld'applicationpourlecalculet
l'excution du bton arm', conceived especially for the developing countries, based on
the 1964 CEB International Recommendations and elaborated by a commission of CEB
experts.
1970 Thesecondeditionofwhatlaterbecamethe"CEBFIPInternationalRecommendations
were ratified by the two associations, covering structures in plain, reinforced and
prestressed concrete. In the following years elaboration of numerous accompanying
manuals.
1974 AninitiativebyCEBinaconcentratedeffortandinconjunctionwithFIP,ECCS,CIBand
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
typesofconstructionandmaterialandthemodelcodeforconcretestructures.
1976 CEB's name changed to 'Comit eurointernational du bton' (EuroInternational
CommitteeforConcrete).
1977 The19thCEBPlenarySessioninGranadaapprovedthefinaldraftofwhatlaterbecame
the'CEBFIPModelCode1978'.
1978 The first volumes of the 'International System of Unified Standard Codes of Practice for
Structures'werepublished:
VolumeI:Commonunifiedrulesfordifferenttypesofconstructionandmaterial
VolumeII:CEBFIPModelCodeforConcreteStructures
The latter subsequently became the basic reference document for the development of
Eurocode 2 by the Commission of the European Communities, and to a large extent
influenced the updating of design codes in many countries. In the following years
numerous accompanying documents, application manuals, trial calculations, etc. were
elaborated.
1978 Barry W. Shacklock, who was at the time Director of Administration Services at C&CA,

wasappointedSecretaryGeneralandTreasureroftheFIP,succeedingMr.ArthurW.Hill.
1980 CEB'slegaldomicilewastransferredtoGeneva,Switzerland.
1983 OninvitationoftheEPFL(EcolePolytechniqueFdraledeLausanne),CEB'sLausanne
officewasopened,whichbecamein1985theCEBheadquartersafterclosureoftheParis
office.
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&CAtoTheInstitutionofStructuralEngineers,withDr.RalphAndrewsucceedingBarry
W.ShacklockasSeretaryGeneral.
1991 The Final Draft of the 1990 CEBFIP Model Code was presented to and endorsed by
CEB's 28th Plenary Session in Vienna. Restructuring of CEB's Commissions and Task
Groupscommenced.
1996 TheFIPGeneralAssemblymetinLondoninSeptember1996duringtheFIPSymposium,
andfollowingasuggestionmadebyacommonCEBFIPImplementationGroup,approved
themergerwiththeCEBtocreatethefib.
1997 The31stCEBGeneralAssemblyinStockholminJune1997,followingasuggestionmade
byacommonCEBFIPImplementationGroup,approvedthemergerwithFIPtocreatefib.
1998 Onthe24thMay1998theCEBAdministrativeCouncil,followingtheresolutiontakenby
thelastGeneralAssemblyin1997,dissolvedtheCEBinfavourofthefibwithaneffective
date of 28th May 1998. In a parallel move the same day, the FIP Council, following the
resolutiontakenbythelastGeneralAssemblyin1996,dissolvedtheFIPinfavourofthe
fib with an effective date of 28th May 1998 (the last day of the XIII FIP Congress
Amsterdam).
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CEBPresidents19531998
19531957 AndrBalencyBarn(France,19001978)
19571968 FrancoLevi(Italy,19142009)
19681971 HubertRsch(Germany,19031979)
19711978 AndrewShort(UnitedKingdom,19151999)
19791983 JulioFerryBorges(Portugal,19221993)
19831987 TheodossiosP.Tassios(Greece)
19871998 RoyE.Rowe(UnitedKingdom,19292008)
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FIPPresidents19531998
19531958 EugneFreyssinet(France,18791962)
19581961 EduardoTorroja(Spain,18991961)
19611966 YvesGuyon(France,18991975)
19661970 FrancoLevi(Italy,19142009)
19701974 GerritF.Janssonius(Netherlands,19111990)

19741978 BenC.GerwickJr.(USA,19192006)
19781982 RogerLacroix(France)
19821984 JohnDerrington(UnitedKingdom)
19841988 HansWittfoht(Germany,19242011)
19881992 RenWalther(Switzerland)
19921996 JanMoksnes(Norway)
19961998 MichelVirlogeux(France)
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CEBHonoraryLifeMembers
1977

FritzLeonhardt(Germany,19091999)

1979

NicolasEsquillan(France,19021989)

1980

AlexeiA.Gvozdev(USSR,18971986)

1983

TroelsBrndumNielsen(Denmark,19172003)

1988

YvesSaillard(France,19242007)

1993

HenriMathieu(France)andManfredStiller(Germany)

1997

GiorgioMacchi(Italy)andHenriMotteu(Belgium)

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FIPHonoraryLifeMembers
1970 Carlo Cestelli Guidi (Italy, 1906 1995), Hans Minetti (Germany, 1898 1991), Philip
Gooding (United Kingdom, 1906 1977) and Christian Ostenfeld (Denmark, 1910
1976)
1974 SirAlanHarris(UnitedKingdom,19162000)andJiriKlimes(Czechoslovakia,1910
1981)
1978 KarlKordina(Germany,19192005)andFernandDumas(France,18981985)
1986 William F. G. Crozier (United Kingdom, 1917 2003) and Barry W. Shacklock (United
Kingdom)
1988 KonstantinV.Mikhailov(USSR,19132009)
1990 RoyE.Rowe(UnitedKingdom,19292008)andManfredStiller(Germany)
1992 RalphP.Andrew(UnitedKingdom,19241998)
1998 RafaelPineiroAbril(Spain,19171997)
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FreyssinetMedallists
1970 NicolasEsquillan(France,19021989),UlrichFinsterwalder(Germany,18971989)
andRicardoMorandi(Italy,19021989)
1974 FritzLeonhardt(Germany,19091999),T'ungYenLin(USA,19122003)andVictor
V.Mikhailov(USSR,19011990)
1978 PaulAbeles(USA,18971977),AlexeiA.Gvozdev(USSR,18971986)andFranco
Levi(Italy,19142009)

1982 MaxBirkenmeier(Switzerland,19152002)andBenC.GerwickJr.(USA,19192006)
1986 ShunjiInomata(Japan,19181990)andRogerLacroix(France)
1990 ChristianMenn(Switzerland)andJrgSchlaich(Germany)
1994 AlexanderC.Scordelis(USA,19232007),HansWittfoht(Germany,19242011)and
RenWalther(Switzerland)
1998 JanMoksnes(Norway)andJeanMuller(France,19252005)

The tradition to award Freyssinet Medals every four years at the occasion of a congress, is
continuedbythefib.ForFreyssinetMedallistsawarded2002andlater,seefibawards.
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FIPMedallists
1970 DudleyH.New(UnitedKingdom,19071991),PierreXercavins(France,19262008)
andBrankoZezelj(Yugoslavia,19101995)
1974 Arthur A. Anderson (USA), Shunji Inomata (Japan, 1918 1990) and David J. Lee
(UnitedKingdom,19312001)
1976 William P. Brown (Australia, 1914 2004) and Armand H. Gustaferro (USA, 1924
2003)
1978 JanBobrowski(UnitedKingdom),CarlosF.Casado(Spain,19051988),AlexandraB.
Druganova (USSR, 1913 1980), Jean Muller (France, 1925 2005), Hans Wittfoht
(Germany,19242011)andSilvanoZorzi(Italy,19211994)
1980 ConstantinAvram(Romania,19111987)andOlavOlsen(Norway,19131998)
1982 Gerrit F. Janssonius (The Netherlands, 1911 1990), Michel Kavyrchine (France),
KyoshiNakano(Japan)andSvenErikSvensson(Sweden,19151997(?))
1984 KarlG.Bernander(Sweden),A.S.G.Bruggeling(TheNetherlands),KaiHolbek(USA)
andKonstantinV.Mikhailov(USSR,19132009)
1986 C. R. Alimchandani (India), Helmut F. Cabjolsky (Argentina), Jacques Mathivat
(France), Tippur N. Subba Rao (India, 1928 2008) and J. H. van Loenen (The
Netherlands)
1988 Carlo Cestelli Guidi (Italy, 1906 1995), Lubor Janda (Czech Republic, 1920 2005)
andJacobShimoni(Isral,19271996)
1990 HelmutBomhard(Germany),JohnE.Breen(USA)andMichelPlacidi(France)
1991 HeGuangqian(China)andHenkJ.C.Oud(TheNetherlands)
1992 Lajos Garay (Hungary, 1923 2002), Peter Matt (Switzerland) and Gza Tassi
(Hungary)
1993 Shoji Ikeda (Japan), Hans Rudolf Mller (Switzerland) and Hiroshi Muguruma (Japan,
19302007)
1994 NormanC.Scott(USA)andArnoldvanAcker(Belgium)
1995 W.G.J.Ryan(Australia)andSteinarHelland(Norway)
1996 TomW.Kirkbride(UnitedKingdom)andJavierManterola(Spain)
1997 CharlesLiebenberg(SouthAfrica)andRobertPark(NewZealand,19332004)
1998 Mineo Morimoto (Japan), Armando Rito (Portugal) and Joost Walraven (The
Netherlands)

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CEBPlenarySessions
Luxembourg(1953),Fontainebleau(1954),Madrid(1956),Rome(1957),Vienna(1959)
Monaco(1961),Luxembourg(1962),Wiesbaden(1963),Ankara(1964),London(1965),Brussels
(1966),Lausanne(1968),DelftScheveningen(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),LesDiablerets(1993),Berlin(1995),Stockholm(1997)
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FIPCongresses
London(1953),Amsterdam(1955),Berlin(1958),RomeandNaples(1962),Paris(1966),Prague
(1970),NewYork(1974),London(1978),Stockholm(1982),NewDelhi(1986),Hamburg(1990),
Washington(1994),Amsterdam(1998)
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FIPSymposia
Madrid (1968), Tbilisi (1972), Sydney (1976), Bucharest (1980), Calgary (1984), Jerusalem
(1988), Beijing (1991), Budapest (1992), Kyoto (1993), Brisbane (1995), London (1996),
Johannesburg(1997)
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FIPAwardsforOutstandingConcreteStructures
1990 ThepedestrianbridgeacrosstheAltmhlriveratKelheim,Germany
LaGrandeArcheinParis,France
TheOosterscheldestormsurgebarrier,TheNetherlands
TheGullfaksCoilplatform,Norway
Inaddition,sevenentrieswerejudgedtobeworthyof"SpecialMention":
ThenewParliamentHouseinCanberra,Australia
ThebridgeovertheParanariver,Argentina/Paraguay
TheBeppoMyobanBridge,Japan
TheThorpreceiptandstoragefacility,UnitedKingdom
TheprotectingwallroundEkofiskoildrillingplatform,Norway
ThesludgefermentationinstallationatBottrop,Germany
ThebridgeovertheElberiveratPodebrady,CzechRepublic
1994 TheSkarnsundetcablestaybridge,Norway
ThefootbridgeovertheVranovreservoir,CzechRepublic
TheadministrativebuildingoftheECCconstructiongroupinChennai,India
ThetenniscenterofYaleUniversityinNewHaven,Connecticut,USA
ThebreakwaterjettyinSakai,Japan

Inaddition,eightentrieswerejudgedtobeworthyof"SpecialMention":
TheBrayviaductonthemotorwayinNorthDevon,UnitedKingdom
TheHelgelandBridgeovertheLeirFjord,Norway
ThecablestayedbridgeovertheIsre,MotorwayValenceGrenoble,France
ThepedestrianKikkiBridge,Japan
TheAuditoriuminHyderabad,India
TheAnaHotelinSydney,Australia
TheHassanIImosqueinCasablanca,Morocco
TheMinistryofSocialAffairsBuildinginTheHague,Netherlands
1998 TheNormandybridgenearLeHavre,France
TheGreatBeltEastBridge,Denmark
TheBelfastWaterfrontHall,NorthernIreland
TheOsakaMunicipalCentralGymnasium,Japan
Inaddition,sixentrieswerejudgedtobeworthyof"SpecialMention":
ThebridgeovertheLerezriverinPontevedra,Spain
TheHeidruntensionlegplatform,Norway
TheOdawaraBluewayBridge,Japan
TheindoorswimmingarenaOsakaPool,Japan
TheindoorstadiumatBangalore,India
TheparkinggarageLaakhavenHollandsSpoorinTheHague,Netherlands

The tradition to attribute "Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures" every four years at the
occasionofacongress,iscontinuedbythefib.Forthe2002"AwardsforOutstandingConcrete
Structures",seefibawards.

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