Coordinator(s):
- Jorge Manuel de Brito, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Marzieh Riahinezhad, National Research Council Canada, Canada
- Bruno Daniotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Objectives and Scopes:
The Commission aims to promote sustainable, durable, and resilient building practices by providing building (construction) industry practitioners with the latest advances in service life prediction (SLP) methods and durability design for building materials, components, and assemblies. In this context, the Commission is focused on:
- Provide state-of-the-art insights on durability and SLP by identifying the gaps in the existing practices and methods and proposing improvements.
- Actively disseminate the knowledge during bi-annual CIB W080 meetings as well as through CIB publications and related resources.
- Support the triennial international conference on “Durability of Building Materials and Components” (DBMC), held every 3 years since 1978.
Commission activities forming part of the Work Programs include:
- Provide information and enhancing existing methods for: the factor method of SLP, stochastic and reliability-based approaches, material and component specific SLP methods, design for durability and resiliency of building materials, components and assemblies and damage.
- Undertake collaborative projects within the Commission and across the research and practitioner communities to foster the adoption of SLP methods and durability design approaches for building materials, components and assemblies.
- Actively participate in standards development initiatives that promote broader use of SLP methods and durability design practices.
- Actively support knowledge dissemination namely through involvement in the DBMC Conferences.
Current Work Programme from 2023 – 2026:
- Development of a Research Roadmap on the Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials, Components and Assemblies (contact: Dr. Michael Lacasse)
- Methods of SLP of building components and products (contact: Dr. Marzieh Riahinezhad)
- Conduct a review of existing standards on durability and SLP methods
- Prioritized list of components for which SLP methods are needed; consider development of SLP methods for selected set of building materials and components.
- Develop a database for Reference Service Life (RSL) of building products.
- Develop case studies for Estimated Service Life (ESL) of building products.
- Applied methods of SLP
- Developing a Guide for Design for Durability of Wall Assemblies (contact: Dr. Michael Lacasse)
- Maintenance of buildings and components (contact: Dr. Ana Silva)
Proposed work programme for 2026 – 2029:
- Currently under development and in discussions with CIB @080 members
Internal Structure:
The work of this Commission is supported by its Secretary, Ana Filipa da Silva, from University of Lisbon, PT
External Relations:
The Commission has a formal Liaison with ISO – ISO/TC 59/SC 14 – Design life
Membership:
Members of this Commission must be either a Representative of a CIB Member Organisation or an Individual CIB Member.