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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 print resources relating to changes necessary in practice and business culture that support Integrated Practice go to the IPD Practice page.


Integrated Project Delivery Guide Released November 5, 2007	Integrated Project Delivery: First Principles for Owners and Teams New Release: 07.07.08	A Working Definition: Integrated Project Delivery Released at the 2007 AIA National Convention

Events
The 2009 CURT National Conference
Surviving and Thriving in Today’s Construction Industry
November 16-18, 2009 at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, FL.

COAA Fall Owners Leadership Conference
Hilton Austin – Austin, Texas
November 18-20, 2009

Changing Times | Time for Change : Practice, Productivity & Effectiveness was held at the Wyndham Chicago on September 24-26, 2009. For conference overview and program information, click here.

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.	IPD Highlights *New Release:* The Business Value of BIM Who's using BIM, and where are they getting the real business value? Through six in-depth case studies and the release of new research data, the 2009 SmartMarket Report: The Business Value of BIM addresses that question. Like any innovation trying to gain traction, its actual business benefits are what will make it successful. As BIM adoption increases we can expect to see our industry transform to a more productive digital lifecycle environment. On Compensation: Considerations for Teams in a Changing Industry This new resource from the AIA Integrated Practice Discussion Group is presented as a tool for owners and other team members to use when discussing appropriate compensation structures for projects involving new methodologies and tools. It is based on two fundamental principles: that to be effective, any form of compensation must 1) be fair to all; and 2) must motivate appropriate behaviors. Start a new conversation today! Weekly Links to IPD Articles There is No “I” in IPD Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley: Case Study of an IPD Project
AIA Building Connections The International Clearinghouse for Interoperability Standards and Activities in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Industries
McGraw Hill SmartMarket Report 2008 McGraw Hill Construction SmartMarket Report on BIM The McGraw Hill SmartMarket Report on Interoperability
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.
	2009 and Beyond \| Revisiting the Report on Integrated Practice Originally released in 2006, the Report on Integrated Practice is being re-released with new commentary and podcasts from interviews with each of the report’s original authors.
Resources AIA Sustainability Resource Center 2008 Integrated Project Delivery Agreements On May 15, 2008, the AIA released two new agreements for integrated project delivery. The documents follow concepts presented in Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide and provide two levels of design and construction integration. Get more information about the IPD documents at http://aiacontractdocuments.org/ipd/ AIA’s E202: Building Information Modeling Protocol Exhibit BIM, especially in a collaborative environment, can be very complex in terms of roles and responsibilities. The E202 It’s a new tool to assist in defining exactly who is responsible for modeling what building element to defined levels of detail at specific points in time, and also addresses appropriate uses of the model and model management issues. Get a sample copy now!	IPD Connections AIA Position Statement 26. Project Delivery Contact Us\| 2009 IPDiG

Podcasts of Interest from AIA Podnet