Research

New Research Project: How Do Owner Organizations Impact Decision-Making?

By Markku Allison / November 7, 2022

A new research project from the University of Washington (UW) intends to reveal how owner organizations impact project decision-making. Owners have a significant impact on the success of every design and construction project they undertake. They have distinct organizational structures and cultures in terms of decision-making, and those characteristics can […]

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IPD Enables Visionary Medical Hub Where Patient Care and Science Merge

By Stephen Greulich / September 25, 2022

The Pavilion is one of the largest hospital projects in the United States and the largest capital project in the University of Pennsylvania’s history. The 1.5-million-square-feet building was finished after five years of construction in October 2021 and houses 504 private patient rooms and 47 operating rooms on 17 floors.

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Benefits and challenges of research in lean construction, Markku Allison

Benefits and Challenges of Research in AEC

By Markku Allison / August 1, 2022

I’ve always struggled to understand why the AEC industry invests so little in academic research. It seems so straightforward. Research is tremendously useful! Objectively gathered evidence provides material for new value propositions, new methodologies, and improved industry information exchange. We can use academic studies to support marketing efforts, drive new

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IPD makes dreams come true for two Canadian Schools

By Erik Poirier / July 18, 2022

Incorporating 21st-century learning into the design of two Edmonton-based schools was the main object of this IPD project in Canada. As the owner, the Edmonton Public School Board requested to develop a program and floor plan for the Thelma Chalifoux School and Soraya Hafez School (TCSH) that utilized the areas

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IPD Case studies in Canada, Aquatic Center, Kamloops

Collaboration, Communication, and Culture Create Succes for the Canada Games Aquatic Center

By Erik Poirier / July 4, 2022

The Canada Games Aquatic Center (CGAC) was the first signed and completed Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) agreement in British Columbia. The project consisted of renovating and upgrading the City’s main indoor pool, located at 910 McGill Road in Kamloops. The facility was originally constructed for the 1993 Canada Summer Games

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New IPD Case Studies in Canada

By Erik Poirier / June 20, 2022

The Barrie-Simcoe Emergency Services Campus (BSESC) was one of the first IPD projects in Ontario, Canada, in 2016 and a collaborative effort between the City of Barrie and the County of Simcoe co-owners, with a 75% and 25% interest respectively. The project concept aimed at uniting The Barrie Police Service,

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New Research Testifies to IPD Project Success in Canada

By Erik Poirier / June 1, 2022

According to the new report Investigating Factors Leading to IPD Project Success in Canada, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is an increasingly popular relational and collaborative approach to project delivery that focuses on maximizing project outcomes and generating value for an asset owner and its end-users. While IPD has been applied

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Lean IPD and Diversity are getting the best results for complex construction projects

Why Lean and Diversity are Going to Get You the Best Results

By Renée Cheng / December 14, 2020

In my article Confessions of a Social Researcher in the Building Industry, I shared the challenges we face in the construction industry because we don’t have a formal research structure. What I have been working on lately is the tie between Lean and equity exploring what is a lean equitable

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The lack of formal research in the building industry by Renee Cheng

Confessions of a Social Researcher in the Building Industry

By Renée Cheng / November 30, 2020

When people hear the word research, they often think of research in science or medicine that seeks new solutions to known problems by building on studies that came before. It’s expected that new research builds upon previous findings and does not repeat them. To give you an example from the

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