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The Construction Industry Council (CIC) is the representative body for the professional bodies, research organizations and specialist business associations in the construction industry in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1988 as the Building Industry Council and changed its name in April 1990.

Contents 1 Activities 2 Organisation 3 Chairman 4 Membership 5 External links

The Construction Industry Council aims to provide a single voice for professionals in all sectors of the built environment in the UK through its collective membership of 500,000 individual professionals and 25,000 firms of construction consultants

The Construction Industry Council also represents the views of the higher level of the industry (professional, managerial and technical) in ConstructionSkills – the Sector Skills Council for construction. ConstructionSkills is a partnership between CIC, CITB-ConstructionSkills and CITB Northern Ireland.

The Construction Industry Council developed and operates the Design Quality Indicator (DQI) tool to measure the design quality of buildings.

The Construction Industry Council’s work is managed on a day-to day basis by a small secretariat which works under the direction of the Chief Executive who is responsible to the Council.

The Executive Board acts as the main policy and strategy vehicle of the Council. Full Members are represented through five Electoral Colleges: Business; Chartered; College of Independent Professional Institutes; Education; and Research.

The Electoral Colleges nominate representatives to Council and Standing Committees, through which CIC accomplishes its work. There are currently six Standing Committees: Lifelong Learning; Finance; Industry Improvement; Forum for Research Innovation and Knowledge; National Regions; and Sustainable Development.

Each Committee is supported by a number of panels task forces, response groups and project steering groups which are established to meet the needs of current activities. The task forces and response groups have a limited life and are disbanded when their work is complete.

Organisation of the Construction Industry Council

Chairman of the Construction Industry Council and their terms of office:

• Sir Edmund (Ted) Happold: 1988-1991
• Sir Ian Dixon CBE: 1991-1994
• Robin Wilson CBE: 1994-1996
• Christopher Vickers CBE: 1996-1998
• Robin Nicholson CBE: 1998-2000
• Michael Dickson CBE: 2000-2002
• Turlogh O’Brien CBE: 2002-2004
• Stuart Henderson: 2004-2006
• The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP: 2006-present

The Construction Industry Council is has three categories of membership: Full; Associate; and Affiliate Members. Full members, as of January 2007 are:

• Association of Building Engineers
• Association of Consultant Architects
• Association for Consultancy and Engineering
• Association for Project Management
• Association for Project Safety
• British Institute of Facilities Management
• BRE
• Building Services Research and Information Association
• Centre for Education in the Built Environment
• Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
• Chartered Institute of Building
• Construction Industry Research and Information Association
• Ground Forum
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
• Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain
• Institute of Highways Incorporated Engineers
• Institution of Highways & Transportation
• Institute of Maintenance and Building Management
• Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
• Institution of Structural Engineers
• LABC
• Landscape Institute
• National House-Building Council
• Royal Institute of British Architects
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Royal Town Planning Institute
• Steel Construction Institute
• The Survey Association

Construction Industry Council

Design Quality Indicator