Guest Article on Integrated Project Delivery

By Phillip G. Bernstein, FAIA LEED© AP, Vice President at Autodesk Times remain challenging for the U.S. building industry.  The economy weighs heavily on each of us, the supply chain is rapidly getting globalized (even if it feels like most of the work is in China) and every day brings some sort of new technological innovation.  And while Twitter and texting won’t change building much, more profound ideas like the web, building information modeling (BIM), and digitally-controlled fabrication and installation are already challenging existing approaches and models.  Enter “integrated project delivery” (IPD) into this mix, a heady stew of aspiration, new project structure, changing risk/reward ratios, and fresh contracts.  What does all this mean for builders? To read the complete article from Phillip G. Bernstein, FAIA LEED© AP, Vice President at Autodesk, go to the BIMForum website.