Investigating Perceptions of the Architect’s Role in Integrated Practices

In the past century, AEC project delivery methods have evolved in order to increase the valuefor owners and transfer financial and technical risks to the parties who are more competentto handle them (Miller et al., 2000). However, a recent study by Kent and Becerik-Gerber(2010) revealed that project delivery systems still suffer from communication inefficiencies,low productivity, and poor cost and schedule performance due to adversarial relationshipsacross project teams. Improving this situation was the motivation for Integrated ProjectDelivery (IPD), a contractual paradigm shift that encourages project parties to change thenature of AEC relationships by sharing risks and rewards through integration and collaborationin design and construction processes (Duke et al., 2010; Cleves & Dal Gallo, 2012).

Volume Editors
Robert Corser & Sharon Haar

ISBN
978-1-944214-03-6