Editorial

摘要

The role of standards in our profession fib, in cooperation with the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and the fib Croatian member group, has just completed a successful symposium in Cavtat, Croatia on Codes in Structural Engineering. Standards are a key tool for all engineers. Not surprisingly, standardisation is therefore also a key objective for fib. As our organisation does not represent any government, or union of nations, but is simply an umbrella body for national concrete associations worldwide, our contribution is focused on pre-standardisation. This includes assessments of practical experience and research results, which form the basis for our state-of-the art reports. These are again the foundation for the fib recommendations that, at regular intervals, are compiled in Model Codes.