Website

Official commissions site and journal publication: http://cibw117.org

Annual training and conference for commission: https://bestvalueconference.ksm-inc.com/

Free online training and videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/KashiwagiSolutionModelInc

Coordinator(s)

  • Dr Dean Kashiwagi, Kashiwagi Solution Model Inc., USA

Objectives and Scopes

The need to understand and appropriately benchmark and use performance data, together with the consequences of non and inappropriate use are essential for the development of the construction industry worldwide. Against this background the commission’s objectives are:

  • Exploration of the optimal uses of performance information in the built environment.
  • Create a worldwide resource or ”center” of knowledge of proven methods for implementing and sustaining performance metrics in an organization and industry.
  • Create and catalog performance measurements for many countries by engaging researchers and practitioners worldwide.
  • Improve membership of the commission and the wider CIB community.
  • To be a forum for innovative, proactive, and progressive clients, industry practitioners, and academics to drive forward the knowledge and use of performance information and value in construction and related services and as a portal to learn from each other. The group strives to be a bringer of change, based upon 14 years of testing in construction performance, to push the industry away from commoditization and low performance and into an environment of measurement and value.
  • To identify and compile a list of experts, documents, case studies, and research on the use of performance information in the delivery of construction in each major country or area of the world.
  • To highlight the use and impact of performance measurement in each country in both a CIB commissioned and sponsored journal and a CIB “living document” to allow clients, professionals, contractors, and researchers to quickly identify experts and their work with performance information around the world.
  • To proactively educate and assist government and private construction clients to change from a price-based buying to value based buying using performance information.
  • To blend the contributions of academia, construction clients, major general contractors, subcontractors, design/engineering professionals, and researchers, to change the delivery of construction processes from price based to a more efficient and profitable delivery system which uses value (performance information and price).
  • To document, create, and implement performance information to minimize construction risk.

Current Work Programme

  • Make the current academic/industry research structure more efficient and effective.
  • Create a research structure that takes the information to the industry through a more effective website, presentations and satellite sites.
  • Create transparency through easy and fast access of information.
  • Change the education/training path to the industry by exposing the information environment to the future generation before they enter the industry.
  • Change the supply chain to take advantage of a more automated risk management and project management model utilizing the theoretical definitions of experts, risk, risk mitigation and project management. Although these concepts were previously identified by W117 research, implementation in the industry has been challenging.

Planned Output

  • Pilot projects to test research.
  • Improved performance in pilot projects (time, cost and quality).
  • Industry presentations and conferences.
  • Research papers through CIBw117 Journal and ResearchGate.
  • Individuals certified in research work.
  • Change the education/training path to the industry by exposing the information environment to the future generation before they enter the industry.
  • Change the supply chain to take advantage of a more automated risk management and project management model utilizing the theoretical definitions of experts, risk, risk mitigation and project management. Although these concepts were previously identified by W117 research, implementation in the industry has been challenging.

Internal Structure

The commission’s programme of activities is facilitated by its Scientific Secretary of Research: Jacob Kashiwagi, Performance Based Studies Research Group.

External Relations

Membership

Members of this Working Commission will be Individual CIB Members or appointed representatives of CIB Organizational Members.

Status

The Working Commission was established in January 2009 as successor to the former CIB Task Group TG61 on Benchmarking Construction Performance Data.