Editorial: Getting Along Better
A new facility for St. Jerome?s University in Waterloo was completed by Diamond Schmitt Architects using an Integrated Project Delivery process. Photo: Lisa Logan Photography.
Traditional construction contracts are based on confrontation?parties undercut each other, architects fight with contractors, delay claims are common. So the Canadian construction industry is abuzz about a new form of procurement?Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)?that is instead based on increased cooperation.
The premise of IPD is a multi-party contractual agreement, rather than the two-party contracts common with other systems. Before the design starts, all key stakeholders?the owner, GC, architect, consultants, sub-consultants, and potentially even the suppliers?agree to share the project?s risks and rewards. The base-hours of the team are covered, but the profit shared between the project team members is at stake, depending on how well the project performs. While a version of the process has been used in Australia since the 1970s, in Canada, the form is relatively new?perhaps a dozen IPD projects are underway. A standardized Canadian version of the IPD contract is anticipated to become available in the coming year.
David Dow, MRAIC, principal at Diamond Schmitt Architects, has been involved in two IPD projects?an academic and a residence building for St. Jerome?s University, completed last year, and a set of municipal buildings for the city of Oakville, currently in progress. ?So far, our clients ...
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