In 2007, the seemingly new term Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) was making its way through the inner circles of contractors, architects and owners. IPD was developed as a method to enhance lagging ...

The U.S. civil construction world is continuing—to varying degrees—a broad shift from transactional to relational forms of contracting, with proponents citing examples of how Integrated Project ...

Alternative project delivery methods (APD) are coming of age among California public agencies. Progressive design-build (PDB) and construction manager at risk (CMAR) were hot topics at the Western ...

Historically, airport capital construction projects entailed the almost exclusive use of the design–bid–build (DBB) delivery method involving the separation of design and construction services and the ...