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Newsletter 2000 - 1


Around the Task Groups and Working Commissions
TG23 - Culture in Construction: Update and Future Work Plans with information on Workshop
TG27 - Human-Machine Technologies for Construction Sites: Information on FutureSite
TG28 - Dissemination of Indoor Air Sciences: Introducing the New Coordinator and his Plans
TG29 - Construction in Developing Countries: Reports on Meetings in Cape Town (September 1999) and Singapore (October 1999)
TG34 - Regeneration of the Built Environment: Report on Current Status and Future Plans
TG35 - Innovation Systems in Construction: Report on Meeting in Paris (November 1999) and Information on Planned Publication
TG37 - Performance Based Building Regulatory Systems: Report on Meeting in San Diego (October 1999) and Introduction of New Coordinator and her Plans
TG38 - Urban Sustainability: Report on Inaugural Meeting in Cape Town (September 1999) and Review of the Workshop
TG39 - Deconstruction: Report on Future Plans
TG40 - Informal Settlements: Report on Inaugural Meeting in Montevideo (October 1999) and Information on Future Meetings
TG41 - Benchmarking Construction Performance: Invitation to Participate and Scope and Terms of Reference with Introduction of the Coordinator
W063 - Affordable Housing: Report on Meeting in Wellington (December 1999) and Information on Proposed Programme to Construct and 'Affordable' House
W087 - Post-Construction Liability and Insurance: Report on Discussions at 15th Meeting in Sydney (September 1999) on the Future Directions
W099 - Safety and Health on Construction Sites: Review of Latest Edition of The Hard Hat
W100 - Environmental Assessment of Buildings: Report on 3rd Meeting in Chattanooga, USA (October 1999) and Preliminary Report on Web Based Education Resource Research Project
W104 - Open Building Implementation: Transformation from Task Group to Working Commission and Introduction of new Joint Coordinator
From the CIB Management
CIB and Developing Countries, by Rodney Milford
From the CIB General Secretariat
CIB Meetings Officers' Committee, Programme Committee and Italian Contractors and Researchers Meeting, Milan, Italy, November 1999
The CIB Developing Countries Fund
The CIB Membership Satisfaction Survey: A Plea for Responses
The Secretary General's Column: A Multitude of CIB Co-Sponsorships - A Compliment for CIB but do they Add Value?
Priority Themes
CIB Pro-Active Approach: Priority Theme 1 - Sustainable Construction: News Update
CIB Pro-Active Approach: Priority Theme 2 - Performance Based Building: News Update
CIB Pro-Active Approach: Priority Theme 2 - Performance Based Building: Compendium of Building Performance Models
News of Forthcoming Meetings
Technology Watch and Innovation in the Construction Industry, Brussels, Belgium, 5-6 April 2000
CIB Co-Sponsored: CARDO International Conference on Housing, Work and Development: The Role of Home-Based Enterprises, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 26-28 April 2000
TG23 - Culture in Construction: 2 Day Workshop on Culture in Construction: Part of the Deal?, Enschede, The Netherlands, May 2000
TG39 - Deconstruction: Conference on Deconstruction - Closing the Loop, Garston, United Kingdom, 18 May 2000
W096 - Architectural Management: Conference on Design Management in the Architectural and Engineering Office, Atlanta, USA, 19-20 May 2000
W014 - Fire: Joint International Conference on Fire Protection of Cultural Heritage, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-2 June 2000
CIB Co-Sponsored: ACSA International Conference on Cross Currents: Trans-Cultural Architectural, Education and Urbanism, Hong Kong, China PR, 10-14 June 2000
CIB Co-Sponsored: ACSA Technology Conference 2000 on Emerging Technologies and Design - The Intersection of Design and Technology, Cambridge MA, USA, 14-17 July 2000
CIB Co-Sponsored: Strategies for a Sustainable Built Environment - 2nd Southern African Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21-25 August 2000
Co-Sponsored: Asia Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference - Construction Industry: The Challenges Ahead, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13-15 September 20000
CIB Co-Sponsored: 17th IAARC International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Taipei, Taiwan, 18-20 September 2000
CIB Co-Sponsored: 1st International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference - ISEC-01, Honolulu, Hawaï, 24-26 January 2001
CIB World Building Congress 2001: Performance in Product and Practice, Wellington, New Zealand, 2-6 April 2001
CIB Co-Sponsored: 4th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Building - IAQVEC 2001, Changsha, China, 2-5 October 2001
Members Section New Members
Welcome to New Members
Members Section Full Member Profile
Full Member Profile: CSIR-BOUTEK, South Africa
Members Section Personal News
Personalia: Hiroharu Habu Co-Opted to CIB Board
Student Chapters
The 6th Gyula Sebestyén CIB Young Researcher's Fellowship 2000