From the course: Construction Management: Project Delivery Methods
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Integrated project delivery (IPD)
From the course: Construction Management: Project Delivery Methods
Integrated project delivery (IPD)
- Some people use the term "integrated project delivery" to refer to any project delivery method that brings all the parties together working to design and construction a project. Design-Build, CM At Risk, and all the various combinations of these delivery methods are sometimes referred to as "integrated project delivery." However, there really is an actual and distinct project delivery method in construction that's called Integrated Project Delivery, or IPD, and it's really unique, because it incorporates a multiparty contract between the owner, the designer, and the contractor. In other words, where no contractual relationship exists between the designer and the contractor in Design-Bid-Build, or even in CM At Risk, IPD's multiparty contract does create that relationship. IPD is the newest form of construction project delivery methods and the concept of that multiparty agreement is one that is probably not as familiar to most of us in the industry. The idea of the multiparty…
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