SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and The AIA California Council (AIACC) announced the results of a joint project focused on building projects that used Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) during the building process. IPD is a construction project model in which owner, design professional, and builder jointly share a project's risks and rewards. These studies demonstrated the successful application of IPD in a variety of building types and scales in diverse regions of the country. The results are the first installment of an ongoing evaluation process of how the IPD model might be incorporated nationwide to protect against project losses. According to the results, all six participants in the study delivered projects on time and within budget using the IPD model.

The participants in this project discussed the pros and cons of IPD as a collaborative building and design effort. The advantages of IPD include:

• owners enjoy improved cost control and budget management, as well as the potential for less litigation and enhanced business outcomes;
• contractors are provided with the opportunity for stronger project pre-planning, more timely and informed understanding of design, the ability to anticipate and resolve design-related issues through direct participation in the design process, construction sequencing visualization to improve methods prior to the start of construction, and improved cost control and budget management; and
• for architects and designers, IPD provides more time for design, reduces documentation, allocates more appropriate sharing of risk and reward, and improves cost control and budget management.

The six case studies in the report include Autodesk Inc., AEC Solutions Division Headquarters in Waltham, Mass.; Sutter Health Fairfield Medical Office Building in Fairfield, Calif.; Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Expansion in St. Louis, Mo.; St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, Mo.; Encircle Health Ambulatory Care Center in Appleton, Wis.; and Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University in Phoenix, Ariz.

The AIA and AIACC will continue to study the ongoing effort to apply IPD as a business model and will document results in future reports. To download these IPD case studies, visit the AIA website.