The 8th International Conference on Building Materials and Components  (8DBMC), held in   Vancouver from May 30 to June 3, 1999, represents the most recent triennial conference. The   previous seven conferences were held in Ottawa (1978), Gaithersburg (1981), Espoo (1984),   Singapore (1987), Brighton (1990), Omiya (1993), and Stockholm (1996).     The proceedings have been published in four volumes. The first volume, "Service Life and  Durability  of Building Materials and Components," contains four parts each reflecting  contributions made to  the durability of specific building materials, namely: concrete, masonry,  wood, and polymers. Within  the part on concrete, there are several subsections including service  life prediction of concrete  structures, studies on strength and durability, corrosion, and papers on  issues related to design and  innovation. The second volume "Durability of Building Assemblies  and Methods of Service Life  Prediction," contains six parts, the first three of which provide  papers related to environmental  characterization, building facades, and roofing materials and  components. Within this last area,  roofing maintenance management has likewise been included  to provide the collected works in the  area of roofing as a distinct part of the proceedings. The  final three parts of this volume focus on  methods of service life prediction, including  probabilistic and reliability methods, generic methods,  and lastly, development and use of  guides and standards. "Performance, Service Life Prediction and  Sustainable Construction" is  the third volume in which the collected works are presented in four  parts, starting with  maintenance management and followed by life cycle costing, performance and  serviceability of  buildings, life cycle analysis and sustainable design. The final volume "Information  Technology  in Construction: CIB W78 Workshop," represents those papers submitted to the  workshop and is  prepared in eight sections including computer-integrated construction, the  construction process,  decision-support systems, design systems, life-cycle models and facilities  management, product  modeling, process modeling, and virtual reality.     Collectively these contributions provide a selected overview of approaches, methods, techniques,   tools, systems, and technology used to develop knowledge on the service life durability of   construction and building materials, components, and assemblies, and the integration of this   information towards asset management. As such, it provides an outline of the issues, insights into  the  research, knowledge of the techniques, and a robust discernment of useful technologies.     These proceedings will be of interest to construction researchers, practitioners, and designers   concerned with service-life prediction and durability, as well as asset managers interested in   obtaining knowledge about the most recent innovations currently being considered as  management tools. Information technologists will find considerable scope towards the  application side of their emerging technologies.

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