CIB World Building Congress 2016

The CIB World Building Congress 2016, Intelligent Built Environment for Life, will take place on May 30th-June 3rd in Tampere, Finland. The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) together with the Finnish Association of Civil Engineers (RIL) and the Tampere University of Technology (TUT) are co-organizers of the event. The theme highlights the importance of the built environment and its development to the society. This triennial congress will focus on the intelligent processes, products and services of construction industry: How can research help to improve the contribution of constructed assets to digitalizing world and service needs? How will the research community meet emerging new needs of the users?

Academics,researchers, students, professionals, government officials, policy makers, practitioners, community groups, and NGOs are invited to report on their research related to multi-disciplinary perspectives of how build environment can be made more sustainable, smart, safe and resilient. The topics covered during the session will include examples of design, planning, construction or process adaptations that have been undertaken to address the theme ‘intelligent build environment’ and smart cities.