Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is an approach to procurement of design and construction where formal incentives for owner, consultants and contractors to act collaboratively replace the adversarial culture and contract regime that characterizes much of design and construction procurement today.
Pro-Demnity’s October, 2011 event in Ottawa included Howard Ashcraft’s introduction to IPD supplementing his extensive review of risk management considerations related to BIM.
At the time there had been no use of IPD in Canada. However, that has recently changed and IPD has gained a toehold in Canada with projects completed or underway in Ontario and Saskatchewan. At the urging of owner representatives, CCDC has now added IPD forms of contract to its agenda.
It may be early times, but architects will need information and understanding to be able to participate effectively in an IPD project should the opportunity arise.
In the USA, both the AIA and Consensus Docs have prepared template contracts for their favoured approaches to IPD. As experience is gained and lessons learned, others are contributing their own ideas about how to achieve the collaboration that is the common objective. These approaches, forms of contracts and advice from those with experience will inevitably be the genesis for the development of appropriate instruments for IPD in Canada.
The program will review experience to date and some of the lessons learned in the USA to better inform architects about what to expect if IPD is in their future.
As a complement to the discussion about a future that may include IPD, the program will also include a review of the extensive process that a “Claim” against an architect will go through under the present structure applying to an architect’s services from the time “A Matter Arises” until eventual resolution. That saga may help explain the appeal of IPD as an alternative.
To register for either event, contact Janice Fendley at farevents@cogeco.ca or (905) 337-7362. There is no charge for these events. Attendance may be limited due to capacity of the venues.