ABSTRACT

CI/SfB System ~ this is a coded filing system for the classification

and storing of building information and data. It was created in Sweden under the title of Samarbetskommitte

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and was introduced into this country in 1961 by the RIBA. In 1968

the CI (Construction Index) was added to the system which is used nationally and recognised throughout the construction industry. The system consists of 5 sections called tables which are subdivided by a series of letters or numbers and these are listed in the CI/SfB index book to which reference should always be made in the first instance to enable an item to be correctly filed or

retrieved.