Modern business strategies and quality of business environment are conditions for increasing competitiveness of companies in the civil engineering sector. Basic idea of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is to shift the focus from the product to the buyer and in that way to build quality, long term and profitable relations. Products and services must be adjusted to the demands and specifications of certain clients. CRM is not a technology but a business concept, business philosophy. Basic aim of CRM in the civil engineering sector is gaining and keeping customers with the biggest purchasing potential. The article show that the implementation of the CRM system is in the direct positive correlation with business results of the companies from the civil engineering sector. In order to make the CRM strategy successful, it is necessary to determine appropriate strategy of creating long term, sustainable and profitable relationships with buyers, then to adjust business processes of the company and if necessary to adapt the organizational structure to creating the environment which is totally focused on the buyer.
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