Earlier this week, the Design-Build Institute of America released a position statement on the three-party integrated project delivery model.  http://www.dbia.org/NR/rdonlyres/B088C4A3-C481-449B-A4B5-AE37BDE0012C/0/DBIAPS_IPD.pdf The statement first disinguishes the concept of integrated project delivery (several delivery models and contractual arrangements where design and construction professionals are involved from project inception through completion) from the delivery method of integrated project [...]

Many of you know that the American Institute of Architects (AIA) published what it calls Integrated Project Delivery research papers and model contracts (see link at the right of this page).  There is some ambiguity in AIA’s conclusions for the ideal delivery method for executing IPD projects.  AIA’s research focuses on delivering integrates services (without [...]

George Elvin’s 2007 book, Integrated Practice in Architecture:  Mastering Design-Build, Fast-Track, and Building Information Modeling, is a great resource for anyone interested in learning how progressive architects view integrated practice in general and design-build in particular.  Many architects view design-build with skepticism or even hostility – – it removes control from the owner and results in a less-than-adequate [...]

Design-build is authorized in virtually every state.  This map – published by DBIA – shows the current status of design-build authorization throughout the U.S.  It implies (somewhat accurately) that public design-build is exploding in popularity, but the map can be deceiving because many states:  1) have only limited authority; or 2) refuse to use the [...]