fib Congress and PCI Convention & Bridge Conference

The International fib Congress and Exhibition presents a very unique opportunity. Congresses are only held once every four years, and in a different member’s country each time. The last Congress in 2006 was held in Naples, Italy. 

Congresses are fib’s high points. Unlike its Symposia, which take place during non-Congress years and focus on specific themes, Congresses encompass all aspects of structural concrete, bringing together practitioners, researchers and other experts from all over the world to share information, knowledge and experience in all fields of concrete. It is only at Congresses that fib confers its highest award,: the Freyssinet Medal, on one or two individuals for their outstanding technical contributions to structural concrete, and presents its prestigious Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures. Last, but not least, the first draft of fib’s 2010 Model Code for concrete structures (the follow up to the 1978 and 1990 CEB/FIP Model Codes) will be presented in public and debated for the first time at the Washington Congress.

I would like to invite you to fib’s Third International Congress in Washington D.C., for a unique opportunity to share information and knowledge, and to network and mingle socially with thousands of concrete experts from around the world. May is the best time of the year to visit the U.S. capital. Furthermore, in view of the forthcoming wave of infrastructure projects and the probable recovery of the housing market, it will be the right time to connect with other concrete experts. I look forward to welcoming you all in Washington D.C. next May.