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  • 1.  Integrated Project Delivery

    Posted 09-15-2010 10:32 AM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Project Delivery and Practice Management .
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    AIA has a great publication "Intregrated Project Delivery: Case Stuies" ©2010 AIA California Council. Unfortunately it covers a narrow segment of the marketplace - primarily healthcare and projects over $20million.

    We are looking for firms who have utilized IPD for smaller projects - under $5 million. If you have and are willing to share your experience we would appreciate the opportunity to dialogue.

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    Thomas Zimmerman FAIA
    Z 2 Architecture, PLLC
    Canandaigua NY
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  • 2.  RE:Integrated Project Delivery

    Posted 09-16-2010 04:39 PM
    Thomas- I've just completed an IPD (with the 3-party contract sometimes called IFOA) project for Seattle Children's Hospital but it's larger than what you're interested in ($40M construction), but I am part of an AIA Seattle committee that is planning a 2 day event in December on IPD and one of the sessions is focusing on small projects. We are having a hard time finding examples of completed small projects but have identified one that is just starting off. It's a historic remodel of an old school in Seattle. Of interest? Contact the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Association.  

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    Brian Zeallear AIA
    Senior Associate
    NBBJ
    Seattle WA

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  • 3.  RE:Integrated Project Delivery

    Posted 09-17-2010 10:00 AM

    Recently during a presentation on the IPD for Public and Private Owners paper, a co-presenter from Haworth, shared an update on their plan to do a  new showroom in Atlanta, a project valued at less than $2.5 million using a true IPD, multi-party contract.


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    Michael Kenig
    mkenig@holder.com
    Vice Chairman
    Atlanta GA
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  • 4.  RE:Integrated Project Delivery

    Posted 09-19-2010 10:43 PM
    Thomas;
    IPD is not one size that fits all.  Projects <$5MM for unexperienced owners may not reap the benefits as a larger more experienced owner.  IPD has made big head ways in healthcare primarily because many of these owners see the value, small or large scale.  IPD is about the team and it's interaction to align project needs with individual firm needs.  An experienced team can make any size project be a successful application of IPD.  I think many of us would like a silver bullet to project delivery.  As much as I think it might be IPD, I know that there are other delivery models out there that would better serve the project / stakeholders.  IPD requires a good amount of "project overhead" in terms of alignment of goals and cultural interaction.  The broader question I would ask this group is whether IPD is worth it for every kind of project?   
    Zig

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    Zigmund Rubel AIA
    Founder
    Aditazz Inc.
    Palo Alto, CA
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  • 5.  RE:Integrated Project Delivery

    Posted 09-20-2010 07:06 AM

    The Crate and Barrel chain of retail stores uses Revit and IPD for all of their new construction.  We recently had a lunch and learn presentation by their Sturctural Engineers explaining the process.

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    Thomas Gragnano AIA
    Architect
    Morris-Berg Architects, Inc.
    Charlotte NC
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  • 6.  RE:Integrated Project Delivery

    Posted 09-21-2010 05:19 PM
    For many years I've worked in an IPD-ish environment.  We still had the traditional architect-owner and contractor-owner contracts, but the contractor was on board in the schematic design phase.  This gave the owner a much more reliable source for project construction costs, and gave the design team a good constructability reference.

    The value of having a team like this is what everyone makes of it.  I've seen some that had contractors that tried to bully everything in a preconceived direction, I've seen others that stayed out of most design discussions.  What seems universal is that the GC swears that he's familiar with the type of building and everything that is required, but after the drawings are complete finds a way to add to the GMP total.  (The items weren't on the incomplete drawings).

    Unfortunately, the Value Engineering process still takes place after the drawings are complete - this should be done at the end of the Design Development phase.

    I'm comfortable working with this arrangement, and actually prefer it over the design/bid/build method.  I'm not so sure I'd like to be in the same contract with the GC.  I'm thinking of sharing liabilty over issues that I have no control over

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    Klaus Steinke AIA
    Las Vegas NV
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