Construction Industry Institute

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]

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

Best practices

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.