CICE Impact Evaluation (Archived)

This report is CII’s evaluation of The Business Roundtable’s CICE (Construction Industry Cost Effectiveness) comprehensive study on improving cost effectiveness in construction study, followed by multi-stage study on industry exposure to this project. The construction industry was separated into nine major participant categories during this study:

1. Owners
2. Consultants
3. Contractors
4. Organizations
5. Academic Institutions
6. Developer Owners
7. Labor Unions
8. Government
9. Others

Construction Industry Cost Effectiveness (CICE) Impact Evaluation Committee has carried out a three phase research study to estimate the initial impact of the CICE Project:

Phase 1: Exposure – To evaluate the extent of construction industry exposure to the findings and recommendations of the CICE reports.

Phase 2: Awareness – To evaluate the level of awareness of Construction Industry participants of the CICE project and its reports.

Phase 3: Implementation – To evaluate the extent of any efforts made in the industry to implement CICE recommendations.

Conclusions of this study include:

• That CICE reports have had a significant impact on the construction industry. Construction industry leaders have developed implementation programs and are achieving significant cost savings.
• That small owners and contractors as well as government agencies are less exposed to CII studies compared to large owners and contractors.

Benefit-to-cost ratios for the CICE programs were usually greater than 10 to 1. Cost savings realized by implementing CICE recommendations on most projects were over 10% of total project cost. In many cases, not only was there a cost savings of several million dollars, but also a reduction of several months from the project's schedule.