Committee Mission: To advance the knowledge of joints and bearing systems for all types of civil engineering and building structures by accomplishing the following:
(1) To identify Research and Development needs more fully.
(2) To encourage Research and Development investigations in the laboratory and the field of both private and public organizations and to seek financial support.
(3) To report Research and Development in progress and maintain contact with Congress participants (and others expressing interest) worldwide on at least a semi-annual basis by a newsletter or other appropriate means published and distributed by ACI.
(4) To provide an organizational nucleus for planning future World Congresses on joints and bearings.
(5) To maintain close liaison with other research councils and technical committees.
(6) To undertake such other activities as the IJBRC may determine will advance the state-of-the-art and the utility of joints and bearings in all types of civil engineering and building structures.