fib – Setting the Blueprint for Structural Concrete Excellence: Design, Durability, Sustainability, and Performance

We are pleased to announce a strategic partnership between BSB Edge and fib, a not-for-profit association formed by 40+ national member groups and approximately 2,500 corporate and individual members in more than 100 countries. fib’s mission is to develop at an international level the study of scientific and practical matters capable of advancing the technical, economic, aesthetic and environmental performance of concrete construction.

fib, through its Commissions, produces Model Codes, which are comprehensive design guidelines for new and existing concrete structures, as well as bulletins—expert-led publications that address specific aspects of structural concrete. More recently, the fib launched the Design & Construction series, which focuses on practical projects. Additionally, fib publishes a journal featuring research articles, discussions, and practical project papers, along with conference proceedings.

The work of fib is split amongst commissions and special activity groups that focus on four key aspects: planning and execution, materials and production, sustainability and durability, and education and publications. The commissions include Concrete structures, Analysis & design, Existing concrete structures, Concrete & concrete technology, Reinforcements, Prefabrication, Sustainability, Durability, Dissemination of knowledge, and Model Codes. The SAGs include Sustainability and AI & digitalisation.

Following the need for model calibrations for current and future fib’s Model Codes, as well as other international standards, there is an international necessity to agree on representative test data and to provide it in Open Access as findable, accessible, interoperable and reproducible. These data, independently validated and organised in the form of databases can be used in a transparent manner by multiple teams of researchers. The fib is working on establishing a number of harmonised databases.

Through this partnership, BSB Edge aims to help organizations discover, access, and operationalize fib guidance and publications across structural design, durability, sustainability, strengthening, and best practices for concrete construction.