- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- 2% Engineering: Can It Work For You?
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Research Summary 112-1, March 1997, 24 p.
- Distribution
- For more information contact: Construction Industry, Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 3208 Red River Street, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78705. Telephone: 512-232-3000, Fax: 512-499-8108, Email: info@construction-institute.org Website: http://construction-institute.org
- Keywords
- construction | cost effectiveness
- Abstract
- Owners are continuously seeking new ways to improve engineering practices in the execution of captial projects, particularly to make capital projects more cost effective. Thus, when a company such as NUCOR reports that it can achieve overll business objectives at much lower engineering and capital costs, and with faster schedules than normally experienced in the construction industry, it creates a great deal of interest in how a company achieves such results. As a response to this interist, CII established Research Team 112, Cost EffectiveEngineering. The objectives of the research team were to compile, assess, and report on the innovative or non-traditional practices used by NUCOR. The research team expanded this original scope by additionally studying other organiztions that are perceived to be "pioneers" in innovative practices that have led to low engineering costs. This report summarizes the principal findings of the research team's investigation.