The Construction Industry Research and Policy Center (CIRPC) is a unit of the College of Business at the University of Tennessee.  Construction Resources Analysis, the predecessor of the Center, was an outgrowth of continuing efforts under four secretaries of Labor, beginning with Secretary John Dunlop in 1975, to obtain more accurate information about the construction industry in order to enhance the operation of various government programs concerned with construction.

Historically, the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), funded development of a system of econometric models and data bases that provide detailed information, both historical and current, on construction activity for each county in the nation.  This system was the foundation of Construction Resources Analysis, established in 1981 at the University of Tennessee, and continues with the Construction Industry Research and Policy Center created in 2001.  

CIRPC is organized into the following functional units:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Services
Statistical Analysis and Special Studies
Computer and Data Processing Services
Davis-Bacon Wage Surveys

Work in the area of Construction Safety and Health is conducted by CIRPC's directors, staff from several departments, and faculty.

Additional information about the Center, its services, and current research projects will be forthcoming as we develop our site. In the meantime, individuals interested in our program may contact us as indicated in the right column of this site.