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Integrated Practice | Integrated Project Delivery

Integrated Practice/Integrated Project Delivery (IP/IPD) leverages early contributions of knowledge and expertise through the utilization of new technologies, allowing all team members to better realize their highest potentials while expanding the value they provide throughout the project life cycle. Through an integrated project delivery method, owners, designers, and builders can move toward unified models and improved design, construction, and operations processes.

Practice, Culture, and Business

In response to increasing owner demand, architects, engineers, construction managers, contractors, and specialty disciplines are forming strategic alliances and working in new and innovative ways. For articles and other resources relating to changes necessary in practice and business culture that support Integrated Practice go to the IPD Practice page.

 

Technology / BIM

Integrated project delivery brings into play new technologies, especially those bridging across building design, construction, and operations boundaries. The use of integrated project delivery and Building Information Modeling (BIM) will advance integration of the design and construction processes, allowing greater predictability of project outcomes.

2008 McGraw Hill Construction SmartMarket Report on BIM

AIA Building Connections
The International Clearinghouse for Interoperability Standards and Activities in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Industries

 

IP|IPD Related Web sites

With the evolution of design comes the evolution of new collaborations, technology, and best practices. Increasing value through shared information fosters amazing accomplishments...and increased sharing requires effective collaboration. Here we identify Web sites of related organizations dealing with issues associated to IPD.

   

IPD Connections

AIA Position Statement 26. Project Delivery

Contact Us| 2009 IPDiG

Podcasts of Interest from AIA Podnet