An integrated project delivery approach is one methodology which allows contractors and their teams to join forces every step of the way Southland Industries recently began work on the mechanical and ...

In 2007, the seemingly new term Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) was making its way through the inner circles of contractors, architects and owners. IPD was developed as a method to enhance lagging ...

Complex construction projects have many moving parts and numerous stakeholders. Each project often contains its own unique challenges and obstacles. Finding the right solution does not often come by ...

Three-dimensional information, such as that provided by building information modeling, allows all members of the Building Team to visualize the many components of a project and how they work together.

One million square feet. That’s the size of Sutter Health’s new California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Van Ness Campus Hospital. If you unstacked its 12 stories and laid them side by side, it would ...

Imagine your design team working seamlessly with your construction team through the design and construction phases of your project. Imagine minimizing or eliminating changes to the project budget and ...

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a collaborative process that has been applied more and more frequently to building design and construction projects. Although it is implemented in slightly ...

After more than 10 years working on integrated project delivery (IPD) teams, Degenkolb Engineers has learned many lessons. As IPD becomes more prevalent and accepted by owners as a viable project ...

Building owners and their design and construction teams now have a free guide to help them navigate the waters of integrated project delivery. The how-to publication lays out, for the first time, ...

Every few decades, the construction industry — in its “brute force” way — tries to come up with a better way of delivering to its customers. This is typically done through a new type of contracting ...

If people in the know are right, integrated project delivery or IPD could completely redefine how teams work together on projects. Locally, the team for Children's Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center ...

We should remain doubtful, on practical grounds, about the veracity or longevity of the American Institute of Architects’ Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) manifesto and its single-purpose-entity (SPE ...