Construction Industry Institute’s Impact on Construction Engineering and Management Academic Publications: Fid-Bau Portal

Construction Industry Institute’s Impact on Construction Engineering and Management Academic Publications

Celoza, Amelia / Leite, Fernanda / de Oliveira, Daniel P.

The Construction Industry Institute (CII) is a research and development organization that focuses on the capital projects industry. With over 38 years of research, CII is a leader in the construction engineering and management (CEM) field. The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact of CII’s research publications on recent construction engineering and management academic publications. Researchers utilized Google Scholar to identify academic publications that cited CII. Data were collected for the time range between August 2018 and August 2021, yielding a dataset of 354 academic publications and over 500 citations to CII research publications. Analysis identified “Constructability: A Primer” as the most frequently cited research publication in this dataset. Additionally, front end planning, constructability, and planning for modularization were the top cited CII Best Practices. These findings indicate the popularity of the front end planning and constructability best practices among CII’s research publications. In addition to identifying the most frequently cited publications and best practices, there was also a gap with respect to publication citations related to strong areas of interest from the industry, such as advanced work packaging (AWP) and technology. These gaps identify some of the many opportunities for future research and development within the capital projects industry. Overall, CII’s research has disseminated into broader CEM research and their future-looking research outlook drives the capital projects industry forward as it tackles more uncertainty and new challenges.