Construction Industry Institute

Non-profit organization

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Construction Industry Institute

Founded| 1983
Type| Research Institute
Focus| Research
Location|

* Austin, Texas, USA

Area served

| Worldwide
Method| Research, publications, conferences and workshops, implementation, professional development, benchmarking & metrics

Key people

| Jamie Gerbrecht, Executive Director [1]
Website| construction-institute.org

The Construction Industry Institute (CII), based at The University of Texas at Austin, is a non-profit consortium of more than 130 owner, engineering-contractor, and supplier firms from both the public and private arenas.[2] The group aims to enhance the business effectiveness and sustainability of the capital facility life cycle[clarification needed] through research, related initiatives and industry alliances. Richard Tucker was CII's founding Director.[3]

## Best practices

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A best practice is a process or method that, when executed effectively, leads to enhanced project performance. CII Best Practices have been proven through extensive industry use and/or validation. CII Best Practices include the following 17 topics:

* Advanced Work Packaging
* Alignment
* Benchmarking & Metrics
* Change Management
* Constructability
* Disputes Prevention & Resolution
* Front End Planning
* Implementation of CII Research
* Lessons Learned
* Materials Management
* Partnering
* Planning for Modularization
* Planning for Startup
* Project Risk Assessment
* Quality Management
* Team Building
* Zero Accidents Techniques

CII has also researched other practices and information topics, which have been organized into a Knowledge Base. CII's professional development programs help organizations to plan the development of new construction project managers by applying CII Best Practices and other competencies to the managers' professional development.

## References

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1. ^ "Jamie Gerbrecht, Executive Director".
2. ^ "member list".
3. ^ "CII - About CII". www.construction-institute.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

## External links

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* CII official website

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

People|

* Trove