Construction Industry Council

The Construction Industry Council

Type	Limited company, not for profit
Founded	1988
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	Gordon Masterton OBE, Chairman Jack Pringle, Deputy Chairman Graham Watts, Chief Executive
Employees	10
Website	www.cic.org.uk

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.

Activities

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 construction professionals and 25,000 firms of construction consultants. As representative of the views of professionals, it has a seat on the government/industry body, the Strategic Forum for Construction.

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.

Organisation

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.

Chairmen

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

• Sir Edmund 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: 2006-2008
• Keith Clarke CBE: 2008-2010^[1]
• Gordon Masterton OBE: 2010-2012^[2]
• Jack Pringle: Chairman-elect, 2012-2014^[3]

Membership

The Construction Industry Council has three categories of membership: Full; Associate; and Affiliate Members. Full members, as of January 2010 are:

• Association of Building Engineers
• Association of Consultant Architects
• Association of Consultant Approved Inspectors
• Association for Consultancy and Engineering
• Association for Project Management
• Association for Project Safety
• British Institute of Facilities Management
• British Institute of Interior Design
• Building Research Establishment
• 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 Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
• Chartered Institute of Building
• Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
• Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
• Construction Industry Research and Information Association
• Consultant Quantity Surveyors Association
• Ground Forum
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Institute of Clerks of Works and Construction Inspectorate
• Institute of Highway Engineers
• Institution of Structural Engineers
• Local Authority Building Control
• Landscape Institute
• National House-Building Council
• National Housing Federation
• Royal Institute of British Architects
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Royal Town Planning Institute

References

1. ^ CIC appoints Keith Clarke as new Chairman, 11 June 2008
2. ^ New Chairman for the Construction Industry Council, 10 June 2010
3. ^ CIC appoints three new members to its leadership team, 10 June 2011

External links

• Construction Industry Council
• Design Quality Indicator
• Interviews with Key Members at the CIC 20th Anniversary Party (Video)