Industry Improvement

The terms of reference of the CIC Industry Improvement Committee are to:

• consider strategies to improve and sustain standards of quality, harmony and efficiency within the construction industry;
• promote good practice in the construction industry for those matters in which members of CIC have common interests;
• work effectively with other organisations having common interests;
• hold under review legislative developments in the United Kingdom and in Europe in order to discharge these objectives; and
• provide a forum to develop the collective views of consultants in construction with a view to promoting their professional and business interests.

The Improvement Committee is an umbrella for a number of ‘standing’ Panels. These comprise:

• Diversity;
• Health & Safety;
• Liability; and
• Procurement.

From time to time when need dictates, ad hoc sub-committees, known as ‘Response Groups’, for short term issues, or ‘Task Forces’, for longer term matters, are formed to address issues of the moment. Currently these comprise:

• Online Bidding RG;
• Partnering TF;
• Project Insurance RG; and
• Project Management TF.

Metric Sense Campaign - Report on Weights and Measures In the Construction Industry by Anne Attlee - October 2003. A controversial long running campaign for the UK to gain the benefit of adopting metrication as applied in Europe. Click here to download the summary report.