Construction Industry Research & Policy Center

The Construction Industry Research and Policy Center (CIRPC) is a unit of the College of Business Administration 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 databases that provided 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 through posted website updates. Individuals interested in our program may contact us at 865-974-4955 or e-mail to cirpc@utk.edu. CIRPC is located in Stokely Management Center on the University of Tennessee campus.

Contact Us

202 Stokely Management Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-0520

Phone: 865-974-4955
Fax: 865-545-4193

General Information
cirpc@utk.edu