Conferences
& Seminars held so far
Since its inception the Indian Buildings
Congress has been organising Seminars on subjects of topical interests,
one to coincide with the Annual Convention and the other on the occasion
of mid-term session. It also publishes quarterly bulletin “IBC News”.
It has also instituted awards for the best papers presented in the Seminars
and items relating to excellence in built environment. The first Seminar
on the theme `Buildings in National Development’ was held at New Delhi
on October 4-5, 1994. Since then, ten more Annual Conventions along with
Seminars at Delhi and ten Midterm Seminars outside Delhi i.e. at Jaipur,
Roorkee, Chandigarh, Pune, Chennai & Pondicherry have been organised.
All the Seminars had topical Themes.
IBC has
set up a number of Technical Committees to deal with different aspects
of built environment and Construction Industry and to make recommendations
on related subjects.
Indian Buildings Congress publishes two volume of IBC Journal in a year
which are supplied to members free of charge.
Indian Buildings Congress brings out a quarterly News Magazine called
"IBC News". Members of Indian Buildings Congress can send their
views and articles of common interest on subject connected with built
environment for publishing in this magazine. IBc News is also mailed to
members free of charge.
Indian Buildings Congress has instituted following awards.
(i) Housing Complexes.
(ii) Institutional/Commercial/Office/Recreational Complexes.
(iii) Individual Residental units.
(iv) Industrial Structures.
(v) Rehabilitation/Retrofitting of Building and Buildings in Disaster Prone Areas.
(vi) Innovation in Design, Materials and Technologies for Buildings & Services.
Each award carries a Trophy and a citation. In addition, commendation certificates are given to entries which merit recognition. Awards are presented on the occassion of Annual Conventions.
