MoC between RILEM and the fib

On 2 September 2015, in Melbourne, Australia, a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) was signed by the Réunion Internationale des laboratoires et experts des matériaux, systèmes de construction et ouvrages (RILEM) / International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures and the Fédération internationale du béton (fib) / International Federation for Structural Concrete.

RILEM and the fib are both international not-for-profit organizations with similar structures and goals.

RILEM advances scientific knowledge related to construction materials, systems and structures and encourages the transfer and application of this knowledge worldwide. 

The fib advances the technical, economic, aesthetic and environmental performances of concrete structures worldwide.

The signatories were RILEM President Mark Alexander, fib President Harald S. Müller, RILEM Secretary General Pascale Ducornet, fib Secretary General Petra Schumacher, RILEM Development Advisory Committee Chair Roberto Torrent, and fib Immediate Past President Gordon Clark.

The signing took place at the Pullman Albert Park Hotel, the venue for the 27th Biennial National Conference “Concrete 2015, Construction Innovation: Research into Practise” of the Concrete Institute of Australia, which was organised in conjunction with the 69th RILEM Week.

One main goal of cooperation is the coordination of technical activities in the field of structural concrete between the two associations, which could include having members of each organization participate in committee activities of the other.

Members of both organizations will benefit directly from this agreement by being able to purchase the other organization’s publications at a discounted price.

Both organizations are convinced that greater productivity and accuracy in scientific output will be achieved through their joint cooperation.

Photo: Official signing ceremony of the MoC between RILEM and the fib. From left to right: fib President Harald S. Müller, fib Secretary General Petra Schumacher, RILEM Secretary General Pascale Ducornet and RILEM President Mark Alexander