RILEM is the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures. The name RILEM comes from its French origins, and the organisation was founded in June 1947, with the aim to promote scientific co-operation in the area of construction materials and structures.
One of the major outputs from RILEM comes from the technical committees mostly in concrete testing and state of the art reports which serve as authoritative documents. RILEM recently created 14 new committees in addition to the existing 20 active committees, with further 12 committees recently completed their tasks.
RILEM also publishes a high ranking journal, Materials and Structures, where recent research findings from all over the world are regularly published.
The Mission of RILEM is to advance scientific knowledge related to construction materials, systems and structures and to encourage transfer and applications of this knowledge worldwide. This Mission is achieved through collaboration of leading experts in construction practices and science including academics, researchers, testing laboratories and authorities.
The Goals of the Association are:
- To promote sustainable and safe construction, and improved performance and cost benefit for society,
- To stimulate new directions of research and its applications, promoting excellence in construction,
- To favour and promote co-operation at international scale by general access to advance knowledge.
The Concrete Institute of Australia is proud to host the RILEM Week in 2015 in Melbourne. To learn more about RILEM visit their web site http://www.rilem.org/
