About us
Consorcio de la Ingeniería Mexicana, A.C. is an independent technical body that brings firms, engineers and specialists together to define complex projects as a single system.
CIM comes in during planning and preconstruction, before the works are tendered or contracted, to resolve scope, interfaces (the points where disciplines meet), risks, constructability and strategy while alternatives can still be compared. CIM can also join projects already underway, beginning with an assessment of their current status and outstanding decisions.
Why does CIM exist?
Mexico's historic challenge has not been a lack of technical capability, but the difficulty of integrating the knowledge of the different disciplines from the very start of a project.
CIM exists to bring that integration to the start of the project, when comparing alternatives and finding the best solution is a natural process. Doing it late adds cost and time.
A system, not a sum of parts.
Why must the judgment be independent?
The decisions that define a project must be evaluated independently of the interests tied to its construction, supply or sale.
CIM does not compete for the construction work and does not tie its fees to construction cost; it adds no markup to the fees of designers, consultants or studies. It accounts for cost, logistics, risk and constructability, but keeps commercial incentives from dictating the technical solution.
How is collective judgment built?
The Technical Governing Board is CIM's collegial body for technical governance. It brings together and cross-checks the experience of the firms, engineers and specialists; it reviews alternatives, settles differences between disciplines and validates the most consequential technical decisions.
CIM does not replace the client, the project manager, site supervision, the designers or the specialists. Each retains its responsibility and scope.
CIM performs a distinct role that is usually assigned to none of them: integrating and coordinating the technical judgment of the whole, resolving interfaces between disciplines and documenting the decisions that affect the entire project.
It does not duplicate roles; it fills the gap between them.
What changes for the client?
The client has a single point of contact for engineering integration, while each discipline retains its specialist expertise and responsibility.
This makes it possible to:
- Resolve interfaces between disciplines early.
- Compare alternatives while they are still open.
- Identify risks before they become field changes.
- Make the most consequential decisions with independent technical judgment.
- Keep decisions and their rationale traceable.
- Build a stronger technical basis for procurement and construction.
CIM does not remove the uncertainty inherent in a project. It makes it visible earlier, when it can still be managed and resolved with technical judgment.