Construction Innovation Forum^®
The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) is an international, non-profit organization formed in 1987 to recognize and encourage innovation that improves quality and reduces cost of construction.

The CIF presents the NOVA Award to honor innovations that have proven to improve construction quality and cost. We invite nominations from all parts of the industry from all parts of the World.

Innovation Database
Search the unique CIF database of 560 innovations nominated for the NOVA Award that you can require and use on your projects.

Be a NOVA Award Sponsor
You are recognized as a construction industry leader when you participate in the industry leading NOVA Award Banquet.

CIF is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation, Federal ID # 38-2745184. Rev-11/97

2008 Nominations Are Here
View, download, and freely distribute any or all of the 35 Nominations for the 2008 NOVA Award.

The Nova Awards will be presented Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at the Nova Awards Banquet at the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) 2008 National Conference, Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), California.

2007 NOVA Award Winners and Nominations
2007 Winners were announced at the November 6, 2007 NOVA Awards presentations. View, download, and freely distribute any or all of the 25 Nominations for the 2007 NOVA Award including the 2007 Winners.

2009 Nominations Due March 1
CIF is now calling for NOVA Award Nominations to be sent to CIF by March 1, 2009 for the NOVA Awards Banquet in November, 2009.

The required brief three-page flexible format described in the NOVA Award Nomination Instructions makes Nominations easy to prepare and submit. Nominations are published by CIF for the World to find at www.cif.org.

Send brief description and contact information for a construction innovation to CIF at info@cif.org and CIF will itself directly solicit its nomination

Annotated Bibliography of Construction Innovation
gives references and descriptions for over 60 articles, papers, reports, and websites on construction innovation.

National Institute of Building Science
Need for construction innovation and description of CIF purpose and deliverables. NIBS Board of Directors Meeting, September 8, 2005, Detroit, Michigan.

Construction Users and Innovation The CIF can help construction users get the innovation they want and need. Presented at the Construction Users Roundtable Membership Meeting, April 29, 2004, Dearborn, Michigan.

Business Roundtable Keynote on CIF and construction innovation at the 1999 Construction Conference at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Detroit Owners' Role in Construction Improvement
is to establish conditions that create a skilled diverse local work force, drug free and safe work places, and cost effective and high quality facilities. 

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