CIB is the acronym of the abbreviated French (former) name: "Conseil International du Bâtiment" (in English this is: International Council for Building). In the course of 1998, the abbreviation has been kept but the full name changed into:
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
CIB was established in 1953 as an Association whose objectives were to stimulate and facilitate international cooperation and information exchange between governmental research institutes in the building and construction sector, with an emphasis on those institutes engaged in technical fields of research.
CIB has since developed into a world wide network of over 5000 experts from about 500 member organisations with a research, university, industry or government background, who collectively are active in all aspects of research and innvation for building and construction.
CIB KPI's - Key Performance Indicators for the year 2011 with comparative data over the period 2009 - 2010 on developments concerning: Membership, Activities including Meetings, Task Groups and Working Commissions and Publications.
The CIB Programme Committee awards the PC Commendation 2011 to Prof Dr Ing Hans Joachim Blass, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, as a token of appreciation for his long lasting leadership of CIB Working Commission W018 - Timber Structures of his active contribution in 2011. 
