The International Association for Jointless Bridges, abbreviated as ‘IAJB’, hereinafter will be referred to as Association.The Association established during the 1st Workshop of Jointless Bridge held on March, 2014 in Fuzhou University, China. The term ‘Jointless Bridges’ includes three main jointless bridges: Integral Abutment Bridge (IAB), Semi-integral Abutment Bridge (SIAB) and Deck Extensional Bridge (DEB).

The aim of the IAJB is to exchange knowledge and to advance the practice, research and innovation of Jointless Bridges worldwide in the service of the profession and society.

Objectives

The IAJB has the following objectives:

- To promote cooperation and understanding among all those concerned with Jointless Bridges and related fields by worldwide exchange of knowledge and experience;

- To encourage awareness and responsibility of bridge engineers towards the needs of society;

- To encourage actions necessary for progress in bridge engineering;

- To improve and foster cooperation and understanding between organizations having similar objectives.

2) For this purpose, the IAJB may:

- Organize workshop, symposium and conference by itself or in collaboration with other organizations

- Encourage and conduct continuing education programs

- Publish books, recommendations, reports, communications, periodicals, and so on

- Identify research, development and innovation needs

- Initiate and support research activities

- Confer awards for jointless bridge engineering achievements

3) The IAJB neither has nor pursues any commercial objectives.

Field of Activity

1) The IAJB deals with the whole and all possible aspects of jointless bridge engineering. Jointless bridge engineering is the science and art of planning, design, construction, operation, monitoring and inspection, maintenance, rehabilitation and preservation, demolishing and dismantling of bridges, taking into consideration technical, economic, environmental, aesthetic and social aspects.

2) The IAJB is in charge of selecting the next organizers as well as the venue and dates of Jointless Bridge Symposium, and also of guaranteeing the event with quality scientific level.  

3) The Jointless Bridge Symposium is an International Conference with the main aim of bringing together researchers, experts, practitioners, students and other people interested in jointless bridges, in order to promote effective interchange and dissemination of knowledge and information, towards a continuous development in the field. It is held every two years.