Integrated Project Delivery is a construction project delivery framework by which the owner, designer and general contractor put the success of the project ahead of each member’s individual well-being on the project. The hallmark of IPD is the core belief that because a construction project consists of hundreds of parts and systems, all of which have to come together in concert, each member will achieve greater professional and economic success if the project success is maximized through focused efficient construction and dispute avoidance. Put simply, IPD subscribes to the notion that “a rising tide lifts all boats.”
The concept of mutual cooperation, where the success of the project is put ahead of individual success, is foreign to an industry in which conflict is not only anticipated but expected and typically accounted for through contingency line items in bids and through the traditional adversarial approach to problem-solving.