CONSTRUCT2012 Education Session H10 - The Cost Impact of Integrated Practice

The Cost Impact of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Matthew Miller

History of IPD goes back to about 2006

Now AIA and AGC has IP based contracts

Goal is finding additional rewards through shared profit from use of new technology

When asked if we have succeeded at this yet, no one raised their hand

When asked if we have a long way to go, almost everyone raised their hand

Part of the problem is information developed by modelers is very disorganized, while information needed in specs is highly organized.

BIM Managers are not involved with daily progress, instead they are more focused on initial setup and output. PM's are involved with daily progress but may or may not be involved with BIM.
 Same thing occurs on contracting side.

The GSA is looking for spatial and energy data from the BIM, of paramount importance to them, not so much fly-throughs and detailed information. Also COBIE. Look at the contracts, and base activities to fulfill those needs.

The needs haven't changed, just because software and our methods have changed.

Sometimes the people you are dealing with on the owner team at end of project aren't the same as the people you developed the contract with. So it is important to be clear in the contract and initial documents at the outset, what the goals are, and follow through on those goals, so they will be happy with the end result. The goals can be established in a way similar to the contractor's schedule of values. Design team can then tell if they are at the right stage of completion. And if owner pulls the plug, you can readily show what has been completed and what it is worth.

Scope Creep is one of the biggest impacts in the last decade. Begins if programming is not comprehensive. e.g. Cheshire cat - if you don't know where you are going, either road will take you there.

Continues when people ask "can you do this?" and the BIM team gets excited and wants to proove that they can...without checking to see if it is part of the contract deliverables.

A senior PM should not see an output that isn't extremely recognizable and part of the contract.

An Integrated Delivery Manual (IDM) is a critical document to tell who is coordination with whom, and what the outcome is. Otherwise all you see is billable time and no one is accountable. Becomes a great tool for clients in the end. They are usually more than willing to pay for the use and handover of this tool if they are aware of it.

Every device in today's technology does not have a future.

The DATA has a future. And it needs to be organized, and be accessed by the right people.

Buy technology for today, organize data for tomorrow. You NEED a data migration strategy.