This Institute was originally conceived as \Centre of Awareness in Construction and Engineering\ (CACE) during October 1989 by few like minded dedicated professionals to provide vocational training to grass root level and middle level managers in the construction trades and management.
During December 1993 it was registered as Regional Institute Of Construction Management And Research (RICMAR) under Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act. In 1997 it is named as 'INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF CONSTRUCTION TRADES AND MANAGEMENT (INSTRUCT).