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 ...

With a construction program that added 25% of the design post-award, that had a need for extensive site remediation and that faced a run of major rainstorms and other challenges, the 465,000-sq-ft ...

Results were recently released from the first phase of a comprehensive study to explore the impact of project delivery methods and procurement procedures on achieving sustainable design and ...

In order to better understand the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Model, let’s take a metaphorical trip to a doctor’s office. Imagine we are having a wound treated, a wound that was caused by ...

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 ...

For decades, teams in the AEC industry have been working to put a dent in the productivity problem. The post-1960s industry drive, which McKinsey & Co. calls “the construction productivity imperative, ...

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 ...

This month’s Facility File is based on a 1,000-kW cogeneration unit with hot water energy recovery to an existing health care campus process heating system and the domestic hot water heating system ...

Owner Team: The local school agency and the building program committee, which consists of the owner representative (consultant), project manager of capital projects, the facility manager (in-house ...

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 ...

The 485-MW Birdsboro Power project in Birdsboro, Pa., is designed by Kiewit Engineering Group and built by Kiewit Power Constructors as an EPC project. PHOTO COURTESY OF KIEWIT CORP. June 5, 2019 ...