This semester Wayne Crew became the new executive director of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) at The University of Texas at Austin. For the past three years, he was associate director of research at CII.
Crew came to CII in 2004 from Technip USA Corporation in Houston, where he served as vice president of construction. While at Technip, he was a member of both the CII Board of Advisors and the CII Research Committee. Crew spent 23 years at KBR and its predecessor companies, Kellogg Brown & Root and Brown & Root. He retired from KBR as vice president and business segment leader for the industrial services segment, a $500 million business. He also served five years with Amoco Chemical Corporation and two years with Michigan Chemical Corporation.
Crew replaces Hans VanWinkle, who departed for the private sector after three years as CII director. Crew becomes the institute’s fourth director since it was established in 1983.
CII, a research consortium of universities and industry within the College of Engineering, is the recognized principal construction industry forum for improving business effectiveness and sustainability of capital facilities of member organizations.
