ABSTRACT

International Council for Building Research, Studies and Documentation PO Box 1837, NL-3000 BV Rotterdam, The Netherlands (address: Kruisplein 25g, NL-3014

DB Rotterdam) Tel: +31 10 411 0240; fax: +31 10 433 4372 Formed in 1953, CIB is the principal international non-governmental organization

concerned with technical cooperation in construction matters, mainly through some 90 Working Commissions. With headquarters in Rotterdam, its members include the world’s leading construction research organizations. There are three categories: full members, consisting of the larger national research institutions and industrial R&D organizations; associate members, smaller organizations which either because of the scale of their work or its nature wish to limit participation in CIB activities; and unattached members who are individual specialists.