The Construction Industry Institute (CII), based at

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, is a

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consortium A consortium (plural: consortia) is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources ...

of more than 130 owner, engineering-contractor, and supplier firms from both the public and private arenas. 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.

Best practices

best practice A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to other known alternatives because it often produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing ...

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 Change management (sometimes abbreviated as CM) is a collective term for all approaches to prepare, support, and help individuals, teams, and organizations in making organizational change. It includes methods that redirect or redefine the use ...

Constructability Constructability (or buildability) is a concept that denotes ease of construction. It can be central to project management techniques to review construction processes from start to finish during pre-construction phase. Buildability assessment is ...

* 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 Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service consistently functions well. It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement. Quality management is focused not on ...

Team Building Team building is a collective term for various types of activities used to enhance social relations and define roles within teams, often involving collaborative tasks. It is distinct from team training, which is designed by a combine of business ...

* Zero Accidents Techniques CII has also researched other practices and information topics, which have been organized into a Knowledge Base. CII's

professional development Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework, attending conferences, and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive ...

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

External links

CII official website
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