Jessica Kelley, project manager for Southland Industries, says Sutter Health’s relational contract encourages team members to build mutual trust quickly because of its shared risks and rewards. Dave Kievit, an executive vice president in the Boldt Co.’s Fairfield, Calif., office, says Sutter’s integrated form of agreement seems too good to be true.
Both Kelley and Kievit should know what they are talking about. The San Jose, Calif.-based design-build mechanical contractor and Boldt are part of Sutter’s lean-plus team, finishing work on the first Sutter project to use its integrated form of agreement (IFOA) from beginning to end: the $19-million medical office building for the Sutter Regional Medical Foundation, in Fairfield.