The Construction Industry Institute (CII) was established in 1983 to improve one of the world’s largest industries. Today, CII is renowned for creating and implementing research-based knowledge that 
measurably improves the delivery of capital facilities. Among a few awards CII gives every year, this year CII recognized Dr. Teizer with the Distinguished Professor Award for his leadership in research and education. The Georgia Institute of Technology received also the Program Curriculum Award, which is given to educational institutions when successfully incorporating CII research findings into the classroom.
The award plaques were recently given to Dr. Teizer at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Construction Industry Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Teizer mentioned “that these awards motivate me and our students to invest time and effort in construction engineering education and research as it relates to capital intensive projects. Georgia Tech is a great place and since we are just at the beginning of our careers, there will be much more coming from us in the near future.”
At the same conference, Ms. Sijie Zhang presented a research poster on automatic rule-checking algorithms for Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Safety Planning and Scheduling. She is one of nine doctoral students Dr. Teizer currently advises in his RAPIDS Construction Safety and Technology Laboratory in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Background on CII Distinguished Professor Award and CII Program Curriculum Award:
The CII Distinguished Professor Award is sponsored by the CII Professional Development Committee. The Distinguished Professor Awards is given annually to full-time or adjunct faculty at a graduate or undergraduate program. Award recipients are identified by CII member organizations as instructors on much needed and highly valued CII research findings. The CII Curriculum Partner Program Award is given annually to recognize higher education programs that are incorporating published CII research findings in their curriculum over the previous calendar year. Award recipients are identified by CII member organizations as sources of college graduates well versed in much needed and highly valued CII research findings. Award recipients are recognized at the CII Annual Conference, receive a plaque commemorating the award and are listed at the awards section of the CII website and other publications.
