Benchmarking & Metrics Productivity Report

Productivity measures how efficiently resources (e.g., human resources) are used to produce outputs. Benchmarking productivity has long been regarded as a better instrument for companies and projects to drive their work process improvement than the traditional project controls measurement: cost and schedule. However, due to the inherently challenging and dynamic nature of productivity benchmarks, there has been a lack of a credible program until this newly available CII capacity.

This report provides a summary of CII’s benchmarking capacity in both engineering and construction productivity, built on decades of industry studies. Specifically, it addresses the unique hierarchy and quantity based metrics, as well as its robust reporting and analytic capabilities. This program offers participants the flexibility to benchmark productivity at multiple levels based on the data availability and a single statistically rigorous metric for project-level productivity. Further, descriptive and inferential analyses are used to illustrate the tremendous value derived from productivity benchmarking, such as setting project objectives, identifying productivity problems, and understanding the relationship between work processes and productivity.

The CII Productivity Benchmarking Program gives users the ability to benchmark productivity and, most importantly, it allows them to drive improvement on their work processes.