| Construction Industry Institute | |
| Type: | Research Institute |
| Founded Date: | 1983 |
| Location: | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Key People: | Jamie Gerbrecht, Executive Director [1] |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Focus: | Research |
| Method: | Research, publications, conferences and workshops, implementation, professional development, benchmarking & metrics |
| Homepage: | 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 through research, related initiatives and industry alliances. Richard Tucker was CII's founding Director.[3]
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.