The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) is an individual membership technical society whose core purpose is to improve the process of creating and sustaining the built environment. The Institute provides technical information and products, continuing education, professional conferences, and product shows to enhance communication among all disciplines of nonresidential building design and construction and meet the industry’s need for a common system of organizing and presenting construction information. CSI’s more than 18,000 members include architects, engineers, constructors, specifiers of construction products, suppliers of construction products, building owners, and facilities managers. Founded in 1948, CSI is headquartered outside Washington in Alexandria, VA, and has 143 local chapters nationwide.

CSI’s Mission Statement
"The Construction Specifications Institute advances the process of creating and sustaining the built environment for the benefit of the construction community by using the diversity of its members to exchange knowledge."

Code Of Ethics
Believing that honesty and integrity, high ideals and concern for the welfare of the construction industry are both desirable and necessary, and in a sincere effort to promote the mission of the Institute, members of CSI pledge themselves to:
1. Establish and maintain high standards of professional conduct.
2. Freely interchange information and experience with members of the construction community.
3. Maintain confidentiality of privileged information.
4. Avoid conflicts of interest.
5. Avoid misrepresentation of products and services.
6. Promote improvement of construction communications, techniques, and procedures.