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Publications are listed
in alphabetical order
A
framework for business improvement – a guide to investors
in people for consultancy practices
A
guide to project team partnering– second edition year 2002
A
guide to quality based selection of consultants: a key to design
quality
A
safer bet – an introduction to the principles of the CDM
regulations 1994 – DVD
Benefit of Foresight-Video (now available in DVD)
Brownfields – building
on previously developed land
Building
for energy efficiency - the clients’ briefing guide
Built
Environment Professional Services Skills Survey 2003/2004
Collateral
warranties for consultants
Constructing
for sustainability - a basic guide for clients and their professional
advisors
Construction
project management skills
Dispute
resolution 1998
EUSCCCIP – a
framework for CPD systems for practitioners in the construction
industry
Guide
to forming an NVQ/SVQ awarding body – making sense of the
awarding body puzzle
Integrated
transport and land use planning – the facts, fiction, fallacies
and future for the government’s integrated transport and
land use planning strategies year 2002.
Integrating
to innovate
Methodology
- survey of UK construction professional services 2001/2002
Methodology
- survey of UK professional services 1995/6
Model
adjudication procedure
First edition published February 1998
Second edition published November 1998
Third edition published October 2003
Fourth edition published March 2007
Novation
Agreement CIC/NovAgr
Novation Agreement CIC/NovAgr(S),
(Scottish edition 2006)
Partners
in building prosperity: a manifesto for the uk construction industry
Practical
experiences of partnering
Professional Services Survey - Executive Summary
Professional Services Survey 2005/06
Professional Services Survey - Methodology
Profit
from innovation: a management booklet for the construction industry
Profit
from innovation: source document
Results
- survey of uk construction professional services 1995/6
Survey
of UK construction professional services 2001/2002
The
CISC standards and user’s guide CD – raising standards
in planning, construction, property and related engineering services
The
procurement of professional services – guidelines for the
value assessment of competitive tenders
Transport
and public policy
Using
standards to raise performance – a user’s guide
Water
conservation in business– a briefing guide for construction
clients and building owners
A
framework for business improvement – a
guide to investors in people for consultancy practices - 2000
£10.00 ISBN 1 902818 56 3
This publication has
been produced to provide guidance to small and medium-sized construction consultancy
practices who wish to improve the performance of their business through a planned
approach to business management and staff development.
A guide to
project team partnering– second edition -
April 2002
£25 ISBN 1 898671 21 4
This
is the second edition of the Guide which continues to evolve, locked
into a process of continuous improvement. This document is aimed
at providing that vital guidance for everyone who sees the potential
of partnering but is unsure of his or her ground. Beyond advice this
document also provides a template for a multi-party partnering contract.
A copy of the Guide to Project Team Partnering and the PPC 2000 or
SPC 2000 can be bought at a special reduced price of £35.
A guide to quality based selection of consultants: a key to design
quality - 1998
£15.00 ISBN 1 898671 14 1
CIC is pleased to recommend this Guide as an inclusive guide and method for
delivering construction clients with the consultants services they require
and to realise the real economies and benefits to be had from good design.
A safer bet – an introduction
to the principles of the CDM regulations 1994 – DVD
£45.00
+ VAT ISBN 1 898671 04 4
This video heightens awareness of the
contribution which designers can make to the health & safety
of those working in construction. It outlines the working of the
Regulations and provides examples of good and bad practice. There
are three case studies showing designers putting the principles of
the Regulations into practice.
Benefit of Foresight-Video (now available in DVD)
£38.75 + VAT currently promoted on the HSE website; a useful training aid in relation to the CDM Regulations.
Brownfields – building
on previously developed land - June 2003
£5.00 ISBN 1 89867 121 4
This
briefing Guide aims to give clients a better understanding of the
processes involved in building on previously developed sites, the
importance of taking a sound business approach and how to interact
successfully with construction advisors.
Building for
energy efficiency - the clients’ briefing
guide
£5.00 ISBN 1 89867 09 5
This booklet emphasises the need for energy
efficient buildings, describes their advantages and is designed to be ‘user
friendly’,
following a logical sequence from concept stage through operation
and management of the completed building. It will help clients
to understand the issues that need to be addressed within their
projects and will enable consultants and constructors to respond
to clients’ needs by enabling them to provide the best advice.
It will ensure all future buildings are designed and constructed
with 'built-in' energy efficiency.
Building Visions, Creative Careers in the Construction Professions (video) £15.00 + VAT
This construction industry sponsored video is targeted at young people aged 14-18, who are thinking about their career choices. Click here for further information on Building Visions.
Built Environment Professional Services Skills Survey 2003/2004 - April 2004
£40.00 for printed copy or download free of charge
Survey Results This survey was undertaken nationally by CIC as a partner in
ConstructionSkills. The results raise issue relating to the recruitment, skills
and competence expectations of employers and whether existing education training
providers and industry support is adequately addressing the needs and gaps Order
Form
Download
the full report of the survey results free of charge (1039kb)
Collateral warranties for consultants
Collateral warranty: consultant - employer CIC/ConsWa/D&BE (only available as a pdf) - October 2005
£10.00 + VAT ISBN 1 898671 39 7
Standard form of agreement for use where a collateral warranty is to be given by a consultant who has been employed throughout by a design and build contractor to the contractor’s employer.
Collateral warranty: consultant – funder CIC/ConsWa/F - July 2003
£16.00 + VAT ISBN 1 898671 32 X
Standard form of agreement for use where a collateral warranty is to be given by a consultant to a funder of a commercial or industrial development (published in a pack of 5 including guidance notes).
Collateral warranty: purchaser/tenant CIC/ConsWa/P&T -
July 2003
£16.00 + VAT ISBN 1 898671 31 1
Standard form of agreement for use where a collateral warranty is to be given by a consultant to a purchaser or tenant of the whole or part of a commercial or industrial development (published in a pack of 5 including notes).
Constructing
for sustainability - a basic guide for clients and their professional
advisors - June 2003
£12.50 ISBN 1 898671 35 4
How
to reduce risk and protect profits while constructing sustainably
and: briefly explains some of the thinking behind the principles
of sustainable development and looks at how to adopt these principles
throughout the life of your projects from inception to demolition.
Construction project management skills - 2000
£25.00 ISBN 1 898671 24 9
The aim of this report is to raise standards of project management by setting
standards of competence to enable continuous improvement and helping the client
choose the appropriately competent project manager for their particular project.
Dispute resolution - 1998
£45.00
This guide contains information on ‘A
One Day Conference on Arbitration, Adjudication and Expert Determination in
Construction’.
EUSCCCIP – a framework for
CPD systems for practitioners in the construction industry
Published March 1998
This document provides a framework for good practice
from which organisations and individuals working in the construction industries
of European countries, can develop their own CPD policies and practices.
The framework is intended to provide the benchmark for CPD and
includes all the components needed for a good CPD system.
Guide to forming an NVQ/SVQ
awarding body – making
sense of the awarding body puzzle
Published 1999
This guide has been written to inform organisations
of all types about the issues surrounding becoming involved in Awarding Body
Activity. The guidelines have been based on the empirical experience
of the Awarding Bodies in the built environment and their representatives
The purpose of the guidelines is to facilitate the formation of
Awarding Bodies in the built environment sector and other sectors
and to share best practice experience of Awarding Bodies at the
high levels.
Integrated transport
and land use planning – the facts,
fiction, fallacies and future for the government’s integrated
transport and land use planning strategies year 2002.
£30.00 ISBN 0 7277 3127 0
The
principal aim of this report is to contribute clarity to the national,
regional and local debate among politicians and laypersons alike,
being frank and critical, but also strongly practical. This document
is aimed at everybody who has a vested interest in transport and
its spatial environment, such as transport planners, engineers, architects,
politicians and the public at large.
Integrating to innovate - 1998
£10.00 ISBN 1 898671 16 8
This report develops
key innovation issues by practitioners initiated by the CIC/DETR conference,
A New Way of Working: The Future of Construction. It answers key questions:
What is the motivation to innovate? What is appropriate innovation? How can
individual firms and supply chain innovation be integrated? How can successful
innovation be implemented?
Methodology
- survey of UK construction professional services 2001/2002
Published January 2003, £40.00
The methodology contains
the key issues that have affected the overall analysis and is intended
to place the more detailed findings in a methodological context.
Methodology - survey of uk professional services 1995/6
Published 1997, £40.00 ISBN 1 898671 12 5
This report details the statistical analysis used to assess the detailed information
provided by over 800 professional firms of all types and sizes on fee income
and services for 1995/6. The information was used to estimate the size and
composition of the market for the first study to assess the UK market for construction
professional services.
Model Adjudication Procedure
Fourth edition published March 2007(only available as a pdf file) £10.00 + VAT (no P&P as document will be e-mailed)
Third edition published October 2003
Second edition published November 1998
First edition published February 1998
£10.00 + VAT each
A contractual adjudication procedure compliant with Section 108 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, which can be incorporated by reference into a contract or used by agreement of the parties; accompanied by a model adjudication agreement. Find out
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Novation Agreement CIC/NovAgr - March 2004
£14.00 + VAT ISBN 1 898671
36 2
Standard form of agreement for use where the appointment of a consultant is
to be novated from an employer to a design and build contractor.
Novation Agreement CIC/NovAgr(S), (only available as a pdf file) £10.00 + VAT (no P&P as document will be emailed)
(Scottish edition 2006) ISBN 1 898671 40 0
Standard form of agreement for use where the appointment of a consultant is to be novated from an employer to a design and build contractor - for use where the applicable law is that of Scotland.
Partners in building
prosperity: a manifesto for the uk construction industry - 1996
£5.00 ISBN 1 898671 08 7
CIC’s
manifesto for the construction industry demonstrates the influence
construction exerts on the economic and social well-being of the
nation. It provides guidance on future policies from experts across
the industry. Areas covered include the role of PFI, environment,
design & planning, housing, urban regeneration, transport,
education & training.
Survey of UK
construction professional services 2001/2002
Published
January 2003
£15.00 for a printed copy (download this
for free)
This report contains the findings of the first major survey
of the UK Construction Professional Services Sector to have taken
place in the last six years. It is a survey of professional services
practices and firms, their outputs and activity, for the financial
year 2001/2002. The aim of the survey has been to assess the size
of the UK market for construction professional services.
Practical
experiences of partnering - 2001,
£25.00
This booklet provides information on A
One Day Conference aimed at sharing your experiences and hearing first hand
from the industry on how they have incorporated partnering in their procurement
process.
Professional Services Survey - Executive Summary - Free (pdf or hard copy)
Professional Services Survey 2005/06 - (pdf or hard copy)
Professional Services Survey - Methodology (pdf or hard copy)
This research is the third comprehensive survey of the Construction Professional Services (CPS) sector in the UK carried out by the Construction Industry Council (CIC). The project follows earlier surveys that were conducted in 1996 and 2002. Its aim has been to assess the size of the UK market for Construction Professional Services.
Profit from innovation:
a management booklet for the construction industry - 1993
£5.00 ISBN 1 89871 01 X
This booklet
is aimed at principal decision makers in construction firms and
demonstrates how they can profit from the conscious management
of innovation without incurring extra costs. It includes case studies
which illustrate the successful enhancement of innovation within
firms.
Profit from innovation: source document - 1993
£10.00 ISBN 1 898671 00 1
This is a detailed source document, under the same title as the above, which
is essential reading for all of those involved in the encouragement of innovation
and research, design and development.
Results - survey of uk construction professional services 1995/6
Published 1997
£40.00 ISBN 1 898671 10 9
This is the first ever comprehensive study to assess the size of the UK market
for construction professional services. The findings cover the size of the
UK and overseas market; UK market share by discipline; income by type and size
of firm; procurement of service and employment levels. This profile provides
a significant step forward in understanding the importance of this sector to
the construction industry and the UK economy.
The CISC standards and
user’s guide CD – raising
standards in planning, construction, property and related engineering
services - 1998
£30.00
+ VAT
The CD ROM contains all the
CISC National Occupational Standards to view, search and print the
NVQs and SVQs developed from the CISC National Occupational Standards.
The
procurement of professional services – guidelines
for the value assessment of competitive tenders - 1994
£10.00 ISBN 1 898671 03 6
CIC has
produced these guidelines as a structured method for the selection
of construction consultants which embraces both quality and price
with the objective of achieving best value for money. This document
provides a system which implements the advice on the assessment of
tenders and will enable a client to determine whether competition
is an appropriate method of selection in relation to any particular
project.
Transport and
public policy - December 1992
£5.00
A report in which the CIC puts
forward recommendations to contribute to public discussion of UK transport
into the 1990's.
Using standards to raise
performance – a user’s
guide - 1998
£10.00 ISBN 1 901122 00 X
This guide
is designed to help organisations (particularly small and medium
employers and individuals), to improve their performance and so gain
competitive advantage. It aims to dispel the misconceptions and lack
of understanding surrounding Occupational Standards and NVQs/SVQs.
Water
conservation in business– a
briefing guide for construction clients and building owners
£5.00 ISBN 1 898671 20 6
This guide is aimed at providing guidance
on how to incorporate the concepts of efficient use of water and how to evaluate
and design water systems which will ensure sustainable water savings.
The guide outlines some of the available technology and sets out
a methodology for clients and their professional advisers to follow.
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