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About CCICHistory of the Canadian Construction Innovation Council (CCIC) The Canadian Construction Innovation Council was formed in November 2004 as a not-for-profit organization by the National Steering Committee for Innovation in Construction (NSCIC). The NSCIC with support from the Canadian Construction Association and the Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council established CCIC and the members of the NSCIC became the first Board of the CCIC. The initial steps for CCIC were to engage an Executive Director and to attract additional members to the Board to broaden its base as outlined in the incorporation documents. In addition, the mandate of the Canadian Construction Research Board was supplanted by the CCIC and the resources directed to the CCRB were now directed to the broader industry-based CCIC. The NSCIC and CCRB ceased to exist upon the formation of the Canadian Construction Innovation Council in November 2004. The National Steering Committee for Innovation in Construction (NSCIC) The National Steering Committee for Innovation in Construction (NSCIC) was formed as a result of a recommendation made at the Construction Innovation Forum: Building an Action Plan for Canada of June 8, 2001. The Forum attendees called for a group of industry champions, drawn primarily from the private sector of the construction milieu, to lead industry efforts to stimulate innovation in the construction sector. The NSCIC is a response to that call. The NSCIC is viewed as a transitional arrangement aimed a developing a durable industry configuration able to foster innovation across the sector. The committee reported its findings at the 2nd Canadian Construction Innovation Forum in Calgary (May 25-27,2003). Information on the NSCIC can be found at http://www.nscic.ca/. Delegates at 2nd Forum strongly endorsed the NSCIC Proposal to create a permanent body to co-ordinate an innovation strategy for the construction sector. The NSCIC is currently working to refine the business plan for such an organization and to seek sources of both interim and long-term funding. Canadian Construction Research Board (CCRB) The Canadian Construction Research Board was established in 1991 as an autonomous industry-led National Network of Chapters in collaboration with the National Research Council. This statement of CCRB's vision, mission, priorities and objectives was developed by the CCRB National committee of Chapter Chairmen to help assure that the Chapters and National Network remain pertinent of evolving experience. Each group involved with the CCRB, i.e. the National Committee, the Chapters and the NRC Institute for Research in Construction, has a clear view of its own objectives relative to CCRB and the means by which CCRB can benefit through achieving these objectives. VISION CCRB provides the Canadian construction industry with a unique, objective forum where issues of construction industry advancement through technology may be discussed and encouraged at Chapter and national levels and across the boundaries of the diverse segments of the construction community. Such a forum, which exists nowhere else in the Canadian construction industry, will be important in order that this industry may better prep itself to meet escalating competition from foreign firms, both in Canada and in world markets. Superior technology will be the key competitive element of the future. MISSION STATEMENT The Mission of the Canadian Construction Research Board is:
This Mission will be pursued by:
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