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 ...

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.

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 ...

"The risk, as far as losing money, is minimal," says Edwin Najarian, a structural engineer principal with TTG Corp. TTG's profit on IPD jobs has been "the same or a little less" than usual, he adds.

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 ...

Traditional infrastructure projects often involve multiple stakeholders managing separate stages such as design, contracting, ...