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Construction Industry Institute

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Construction Industry Institute
Founded1983
TypeResearch Institute
FocusResearch
Location
  • Austin, Texas, USA
Area served
Worldwide
MethodResearch, publications, conferences and workshops, implementation, professional development, benchmarking & metrics
Key people
Jamie Gerbrecht, Executive Director [1]
Websiteconstruction-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:

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.
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