About CIB
The CIB is a prominent international research organisation within the property, construction and built environment fields. It addresses a wide range of issues affecting the construction, use and management of the built environment from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It hosts an impressive range of international academic conferences which attract around 5000 participants per year and has published a plethora of influential research outputs, many of which have been adopted as international standards across the world.
Its activities take place within a series of permanent interdisciplinary subject groupings known as working commissions as well as within smaller, specialised, task groups which address particular issues over a relatively short time scale. There are currently around 50 working commissions and task groups, all of which are listed below. These include the various law related task groups indicated by a hypertext link.
CIB was established in 1953 with the support of the United Nations as part of its efforts to rebuild the European infrastructure for building and construction research following the ravages of the Second World War. Since then both its scope and membership have seen considerable expansion as witnessed by the breadth of interests addressed by its various working commissions and task groups. At present about 500 organisations are members of CIB from whom about 5000 individual experts participate in its working commissions and task groups.
The full name of the CIB is the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. However, it is more usually known by the acronym of its former name, "Conseil International du Batiment" (CIB). The CIB has a web site at http://www.cibworld.nl/.
CIB Task Groups
TG53 - Postgraduate Research Training in Building and
Construction
TG57 - Industrialisation in Construction
TG58 - Clients and Construction Innovation
TG59 - People in Construction
TG62 - Built Environment Complexity
TG63 - Disasters and the Built Environment
TG64 - Leadership in Construction
TG65 - Small Firms in Construction
TG66 - Energy and the Built Environment
TG67 – Statutory Adjudication in Construction
TG68 – Construction Mediation
TG69 – Green Buildings and the Law
TG71 - Research and Innovation Transfer
TG72 - Public Private Partnership
TG73 - R&D Programs in Construction
TG74 - New Production and Business Models in Construction
TG75 - Engineering Studies on Traditional Construction
TG76 - Recognising Innovation in Construction
TG77 - Health and the Built Environment
TG78 - Informality and Emergence in Construction
TG79 - Building
Regulation and Control in the Face of Climate Change
TG80 - Legal and
Regulatory Aspects of Building Information Modelling (BIM)
TG81 - Global Construction Data
CIB Working Commissions
W014 - Fire
W018 - Timber Structures
W023 - Wall Structures
W040 - Heat and Moisture Transfer in Buildings
W051 - Acoustics
W055 - Building Economics
W056 - Sandwich Panels
W062 - Water Supply and Drainage
W065 - Organisation and Management of Construction
W069 - Housing Sociology
W070 - Facilities Management and Maintenance
W077 - Indoor Climate
W078 - Information Technology for Construction
W080 - Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials and
Components
W083 - Roofing Materials and Systems
W084 - Building Comfortable Environments for All
W086 - Building Pathology
W089 - Building Research and Education
W092 - Procurement Systems
W096 - Architectural Management
W098 - Intelligent and Responsive Buildings
W099 - Safety and Health in Construction
W101 - Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Development
W102 - Information and Knowledge Management in Building
W104 - Open Building Implementation
W107 - Construction in Developing Countries
W108 - Climate Change and the Built Environment
W110 - Informal Settlements and Affordable Housing
W111 - Usability of Workplaces
W112 - Culture in Construction
W113 - Law and Dispute Resolution
W114 - Earthquake Engineering and Buildings
W115 – Construction Materials Stewardship
W116 – Smart and Sustainable Built Environments
W117 - Performance Measurement in Construction
