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A Working Definition

Integrated Project Delivery

A Working Definition Version 1 - updated May 15, 2007

A Working Definition – Integrated Project Delivery Supplemental Information The first draft of the Working Definition was released May 2, 2007 in conjunction with the AIA’s Integrated Practice Conference in San Antonio, TX. One of the primary purposes of this document was to encouragedialogue and invite comment. Since its release, we have received significant feedback from the design and construction community. We will address the issues in the subsequent editions of this document, but in the meantime, we wanted to take the opportunity to correct some oversights to this version.

Essential Principles
5. Clearly Defined Open Standards - open and interoperable data exchangesbased on a disciplined and transparent data structure is essential to support Integrated Project Delivery. Enhanced communications between all participants is made possible with open standards. All technologies used on an integrated project should use open standards to eliminate the costly practice of integrating every application (and version) with every other application ( and version )Interoperability exists on the human level through transparent business exchanges, supporting these exchanges with open standards completes the goals of Integrated Project Delivery. Statements of Open Standards and Interoperability referenced from the National BIM Standards (NBIMS) http://www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/publications.php

Additions to the Glossary
Building Information Model ABuilding Information Model (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its lifecycle from inception onward. A basic premise of BIM is collaboration by different stakeholders at different phases of the life cycle of a facility toinsert, extract, update or modify information in the BIM to support and reflect the roles of that stakeholder. The BIM is a shared digital representation founded on open standards for interoperability. Source: National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS) committee. For a more complete definition, see http://www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/faq.php#faq1.

Additional ResourcesNational Institute of Building Sciences, National BIM Standards (NBIMS) Committee – many related articles on Integrated Project Delivery, Building Information Modeling http://www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/publications.php International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) buildingSMART Alliance – an international organization working to facilitate software interoperability and informationexchange in the AEC/FM industry http://www.iai-na.org/ Project Alliancing Practitioners' Guide, Government of Victoria, Australia http://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/CA25713E0002EF43/WebObj/CompleteProjectAllianceGuideforweb/$File /Complete%20Project%20Alliance%20Guide%20for%20web.PDF

A Working Definition Version 1 - updated May 15, 2007

Integrated Project Delivery – A Working Definition
Preface

Thisreport, Integrated Project Delivery – A Working Definition, contains the recommendations of the Definitions Committee of the Integrated Project Delivery Task Force. It represents the combined efforts of architects, engineers, contractors, sub-contractors, owners and attorneys and intends to describe the key elements of an integrated process. The recommendations are a work-in-progress, and must beapplied with consideration to the project delivery method used for a specific project. The Integrated Project Delivery Task Force is an interdisciplinary group sponsored by McGraw-Hill Construction and The American Institute of Architects, California Council. The Working Definition contains three sections. First, integrated practice is defined. At its essence, it is a deeply collaborative process that...