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CONSTRUCTION USERS AND INNOVATION
  • Construction Users Roundtable
  • Membership Meeting

    Presented by the
  • Construction Innovation Forum
  • Rasha Stino, Ph.D. – Editor
  • Robert I. Carr, Ph.D., P.E. – Founding Director
  • Tim Alter – Chair, Executive Committee
  • Dearborn, Michigan
  • April 29, 2004


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CURT/CIF INNOVATION COLLABORATION
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OUR GOALS ARE ONE
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PRODUCTIVITY INDEX
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YOU GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR

  • Improving Construction Safety Performance
  • BRT CICE A-3
  • 1993


  • Zero Accident Study
  • CURT
  • 2000-2001


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SAFETY PERFORMANCE
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YOU GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR


  • INCREASING THE PACE OF INNOVATION
  • IN CONSTRUCTION
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INNOVATION GETS OWNERS WHAT THEY WANT
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77% OF OWNERS SAY COMPANY SUCCESS DEPENDS ON CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION
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54% OF OWNERS SAY INNOVATION IMPORTANT IN SELECTING CONTRACTORS
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89% & 87% OF OWNERS: INNOVATION IN TOP 3 IN REDUCING CONSTRUCTION COST AND IMPROVING WORKER SAFETY
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67% & 64% OF OWNERS: INNOVATION IN TOP 3 IN INPROVING SPEED AND QUALITY
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OWNERS SAY CONSTRUCTION METHODS #1 IN NEEDING INNOVATION
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OWNERS SAY WORKER SAFETY #2 AND DESIGN #3 IN NEEDING INNOVATION
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OWNERS SAY GREATEST BARRIERS TO INNOVATION: KNOWLEDGE OF INNOVATIONS AND CONTRACTOR RELUCTANCE
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OWNERS/CURT CAN DRIVE INNOVATION
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CIF DELIVERS INNOVATION
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ANNUAL NOVA AWARDS PRESENTED  TO MOST OUTSTANDING INNOVATIONS WORLDWIDE
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UNIQUE NOVA AWARD PROCESS
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NOVA AWARD WINNING INNOVATIONS INCLUDE
  • Safety and training
  • Green construction
  • Advanced imaging
  • On-site child care
  • Modular design
  • Seismic/dynamics
  • Concrete technology
  • 3D as-built drawings
  • Labor/management



  • Non-destructive testing
  • Subsurface exploration
  • Performance monitoring
  • Moisture protection
  • Advanced structures
  • Control systems
  • Composite structures
  • Innovative projects
  • Automation


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OWNER DRIVEN/INVOLVED NOVA AWARDS
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ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY: MOST BOILERMAKER PROGRAMS
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PHILLIPS PETROLEUM: EKOFISK PROTECTIVE BARRIER
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DTE ENERGY: LASER SCANNING 3D AS-BUILTING
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BRITISH GAS: PIPEBURSTING
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SEARCHABLE INTERNET DATABASE OF CONSTRUCTION INNOVATIONS
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www.cif.org
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DATABASE SEARCH
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80 SAFETY NOMINATIONS
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“SAFE 2 WORK”
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INNOVATIONS IN DATABASE
  • Safety 80
  • Quality 68
  • Cost/Value 154
  • Structure 105
  • Composite 68
  • Concrete 153
  • Steel 129
  • Computer 77
  • Workers 126
  • Automation 46
  • Manage 73
  • Contractor 87
  • Owner 48
  • Seismic 23
  • Soil 46
  • Roof 45
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PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE VIA INTERNET
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CIF PUBLICATIONS AT WWW.CIF.ORG
  • NOVA Nominations and their Annual Summaries
  • “Annotated Bibliography of Construction Innovation”
  • “Construction Industry Innovation” BRT Construction Conference
  • “Construction Users and Innovation” (this presentation)
  • Detroit Owners’ Role in Construction Improvement
  • Construction Business Review “Technology” column
  • Annual “Mock Jury Kit”
  • Nomination Investigation Reports (w/ 5 yr delay)
  • Innovator Newsletter
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CIF SHOWED “CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION” IS NOT AN OXYMORON
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ASSIST/INSPIRE INNOVATION PROGRAMS
  • CERF Construction Innovation Centers & Pankow Award for Innovation
  • Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology
  • CII Emerging Technologies Project
  • Great Lakes Construction Alliance (GLCA): Safe2Work Program & Gender and Race Diversification Excellence (GARDE) Award
  • Construction Innovation, an ejournal by Arnold Journals On-Line
  • Construction Innovation, quarterly, National Research Council, Canada
  • Construction Innovation Forums 2001, 2003, National Steering Committee for Innovation in Construction, Canada:
  • DTE Energy, City of Detroit, DuPont, General Motors, Michigan DOT, University of Michigan, BRT Construction Group
  • Master of Science in Construction Innovation in UK: Loughborough University, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Strathclyde
  • Australian Center for Construction Innovation (ACCI)
  • Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation, Australia
  • European Council for Construction, Research, Development, and Innovation (ECCREDI), European Commission, Belgium
  • Built Environment & Manufacturing Innovation, bimonthly, Australia
  • Int’l Council for Research & Innovation in Building & Construction (CIB) (1998)
  • Construction Business Review and its monthly “Technology” column
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CURT/CIF COLLABORATION CAN INCREASE THE PACE OF INNOVATION IN CONSTRUCTION