CIB was established in 1953 as an Association whose objectives were tostimulate and facilitate international cooperation and informationexchange between governmental research institutes in the building andconstruction sector, with an emphasis on those institutes engaged intechnical fields of research.CIB has since developed into a world wide network of over 5000 expertsfrom about 500 member organisations active in the research community, inindustry or in education, who cooperate and exchange information inover 50 CIB Commissions covering all fields in building and constructionrelated research and innovation.CIB Members are institutes, companies and other types of organisationsinvolved in research or in the transfer or application of researchresults. Member organisations appoint experts to participate in CIBCommissions. An individual also can be a member and participate in aCommission.CIB Commissions initiate projects for R&D and information exchange,organise meetings and produce publications. These meetings can beCommission meetings for members only or international symposia andcongresses open to all. Publications can be proceedings, scientific ortechnical analyses and international state of the art reports.