Fee System And How To Join

CIB Fee System

All CIB Members pay an annual membership fee. In the CIB Fee System six Fee Levels are defined. In the case of a new Member the CIB General Secretariat in communication with the Members of the CIB Administrative Committee decides on the fee level to be assigned to the new CIB Member based on the following three principles:
    • the more an organisation is able to profit from its CIB Membership, the higher the fee level to be assigned to the organisation
    • the fee level as assigned by CIB is a minimum level. A Member may ask to have a higher fee level assigned. This can for example be the case if a Member is allowed according to the CIB Fee System to be an Associate Member, but prefers to be a Full Member.
The actual amounts for each Fee Level are established by the CIB Board and confirmed by the CIB General Assembly.
Organisations being a Full or an Associate Member can appoint an unlimited number of staff members to be members of CIB Working Commissions or Task Groups.
All CIB members have unlimited access to information in the CIB Home Page (through a password).
In the following illustration the details of the CIB Fee System are given.
Membership will be automatically renewed each calendar year in January.

Fee category Fee 2007 Fee 2008 Fee 2009 Fee 2010
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • FM1
  • FM2
  • FM3
  • AM1
  • AM2
  • IM
  • 10.526
  • 7.018
  • 2.413
  • 1.213
  • 851
  • 241
  • 11.052
  • 7.369
  • 2.534
  • 1.274
  • 936
  • 253
  • 11.605
  • 7.738
  • 2.661
  • 1.338
  • 1.030
  • 266
  • 11.837
  • 7.892
  • 2.715
  • 1.364
  • 1.133
  • 271


All amounts in EURO

The lowest Fee Category an organisation can be in depends on the organisation's profile.

  • FM1
  • FM2
  • FM3
  • AM1
  • AM2
  • IM
  • Full Member Fee Category 1
  • Full Member Fee Category 2
  • Full Member Fee Category 3
  • Associate Member Fee Category 4
  • Associate Member Fee Category 5
  • Individual Member Fee Category 6
  • Multi disciplinary building research institutes of national standing having a broad field of research
  • Medium size research Institutes; Public agencies with major research interest; Companies with major research interest
  • Information centres of national standing; Organisations normally in Category 4 or 5 which prefer to be a Full Member
  • Sectoral research & documentation institutes; Institutes for standardisation; Companies, consultants, contractors etc.; Professional associations
  • Departments, faculties, schools or colleges of universities or technical institutes of higher education (Universities only)
  • Individuals having an interest in the activities of CIB (not representing an organisation)


Fee Reduction
A reduction is offered to all fee levels in the magnitude of 50% for Members in countries with a GNIpc less than USD 1000 and a reduction to all fee levels in the magnitude of 25% for Members in countries with a GNIpc between USD 1000-7000, as defined by the World Bank. (See http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/GNIPC.pdf)

Reward for Prompt Payment
All above indicated fee amounts will be increased by 10%. Members will subsequently be rewarded a 10% reduction in case of actual payment received within three months after the invoice has been sent.

How to join CIB

Request for Information for a CIB Membership Application
If you are not yet a CIB Member or employed by a CIB Member Organisation, and if you would like to apply for CIB Membership, the CIB General Secretariat can send you the CIB Membership Application Form.
Request an application form by filling out the required information and press "Send".
Just fill out the information that is applicable to you.
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