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| Type | Private company limited by guarantee |
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| Founded | 1988[1] |
| Headquarters | The Building Centre, , |
Key people | Justin Sullivan (Chairman)[2] Graham Watts OBE (CEO)[3] |
| Website | www |
Construction Industry Council (CIC) is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the United Kingdom construction industry.[1]
The first proposals for a Building Industry Council were made in 1985 (backed by the Chartered Institute of Building, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers) but came to nothing. A further attempt followed in 1987 with support from the Royal Institute of British Architects, and the BIC was publicly launched on 16 September 1987. However, it was more than a year before a first meeting, including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, took place on 1 November 1988.[4] The body was incorporated in May 1999, and with the Institution of Civil Engineers then a member, changed its name to the Construction Industry Council in April 1990.[5]
CIC provides a single voice for professionals across the built environment through its collective membership of 500,000 individual professionals and more than 25,000 firms of construction consultants.[1] The breadth and depth of its membership means that CIC (like a small number of other bodies, including Constructing Excellence) can speak with authority on issues connected with construction without being constrained by the self-interest of any particular sector of the industry.
As representative of the views of professionals, it has a seat on the government/industry body, the Strategic Forum for Construction.
Construction Industry Council developed and operates the Design Quality Indicator (DQI) tool to measure the design quality of buildings.
CICAIR Limited, a specially created wholly owned subsidiary of CIC, is the sole body authorised to approve Approved Inspectors to undertake building control work in England and Wales.[6]
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 Board acts as the main policy and strategy vehicle of the Council.
Chairs of the Building or Construction Industry Council and their terms of office:
From June 2023, CIC is set to have its first female chair: Dr Wei Yang (a town planner and past president of the Royal Town Planning Institute). Her appointment also puts women in the majority on the CIC board.[14]
The Construction Industry Council has three categories of membership: Full; Associate; and Honorary Affiliate Members.
Full members, as of February 2022,[15] are:
