2012-05-03: Yesterday, I mentioned that the Aims & Objectives of CIB Working Commission 14: ‘Fire Safety’ had been substantially updated. More than that … this text is to be regarded as being dynamic … kept under continual review … in order that it will remain fresh, vibrant, and relevant to the needs of the time.
Our discussions in Thessaloniki (Salonika), last week, were a continuation of a process which began in Zurich, during 2010.
Just to remind everyone … this is CIB W14: ‘Fire Safety’ …
Working Commission 14 is an international, multi-stakeholder, trans-disciplinary, pre-normalization forum for discussion and action, on research and innovation in Fire Science and Engineering for the design, construction and operation of a Safe and Sustainable Built Environment.
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CIB W14: These are its newly updated Aims & Objectives (2012) …
- To create an ongoing research and innovation focus for the development of a comprehensive, coherent, rational and empirical basis for a Safe and Sustainable Built Environment, which includes fire science and engineering practices, procedures and design methodologies.
- To promote the acceptance of Fire Science and Engineering Practices, Procedures and Design Methodologies worldwide, and to encourage their use in international/regional/national/local building and fire safety legislation, codes, regulations and standards.
- To provide Technical Input, from a fire science and engineering perspective, to other relevant CIB Working Commissions and Task Groups.
- To facilitate the Transfer of State-of-the-Art Fire Science and Engineering Technology at international level.
- To encourage Capacity Building for fire science and engineering worldwide.
- To liaise and co-operate/collaborate with Other Organizations having similar or related aims and objectives.
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To Meet CIB W14’s Aims & Objectives …
a) Research and innovation projects with a specific task, well-defined scope and a limited timeframe may be initiated and directly/indirectly undertaken by the Membership of CIB W14 ;
b) Output from these projects and the other work of W14 may be placed in the public domain, in hardcopy and/or electronic formats, as CIB publications, as papers/articles in international journals, conference/seminar/workshop proceedings, and discussion/reflection documents ;
c) Conferences/seminars/workshops and other events which further W14′s Aims & Objectives may be organized by the Membership of W14 ;
d) CIB may endorse conferences/seminars/workshops and other events planned by organizations having similar or related aims and objectives to W14 ; and
e) W14 may circulate its publications, and information on its research and innovation projects, to the membership of other CIB working commissions and task groups.
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Interested in Joining CIB W14: ‘Fire Safety’ ?
The CIB WebSite is located at … http://www.cibworld.nl
The CIB General Secretariat is located in The Netherlands. Go to the ‘Contact Us’ WebPage for information … http://www.cibworld.nl/site/contact_us.html
Then …
- Send an e-mail to Dr. Wim Bakens, Secretary General of CIB – a man who likes good Irish whiskey (!) – and him ask for a Membership Application Form. His e-mail address: wim.bakens@cibworld.nl Tell him that I sent you, and that you want to join CIB Working Commission 14 ;
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- Fill up the Membership Application Form on the CIB WebSite … http://www.cibworld.nl/site/about_cib/fee_system_and_how_to_join.html
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The More Diverse Our Membership … The More Creative Our Output !
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