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Project Collaboration Best Practices

Industry Resources

National Associations:

• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• AIA Center for Integrated Practice: http://network.aia.org/centerforintegratedpractice/home/ Contains many good resources such as Integrated Project Delivery Case Studies (2010 & 2012), AIA Integrated Project Delivery  Awareness Survey
• AIA IPD Contracts Information: http://aia.org/contractdocs/AIAS076706
• The Business Case for Trust: http://www.aia.org/akr/resources/documents/AIAP062339 
• Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) Project Delivery Website:  http://www.agc.org/cs/industry_topics/project_delivery
• ConsensusDOCS: Contract and other delivery resources: https://www.consensusdocs.org/
• Design Build Institute of America: Construction best practices: http://www.dbia.org/resource-center/Pages/Best-Practices.aspx
• Joint Committee of the AIA and the AGC’s primer of Project Delivery, 2nd Edition: http://www.agc.org/galleries/projectd/AIA-AGC_Primer_on_Project_Delivery_2nd_Edition-FINAL.pdf
• Lean Construction Institute: http://www.leanconstruction.org/

Regional Resources:

• AIA-MBA Joint Committee Best Practices Guide: http://www.mbawpa.org/aia-mba/best-practices-guides.asp
• AIA-MBA Joint Committee Project Delivery Information: http://www.mbawpa.org/aia-mba/procurements-supplements.asp 

Additional Resources:

• Cannistraro study of 408 projects that shows collaborating with BIM can decrease change order from 18.42% to 2.68%: http://www.cannistraro.com/Newsletter%20Q3%2009(final).pdf
• CIC – Penn State University: A Comparison of U.S. Project Delivery Systems, a research study of 351 project: https://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/cic/publications/TechReports/TR_038_Konchar_Comparison_of_US_Proj_Del_Systems.pdf
• KLMK Group: Integrated Project Delivery: The Value Proposition, An Owner’s Guide for Launching a Healthcare Capital Project via IPD: http://www.deecramer.com/file/KLMKIPDWhitePaperFinal2010.pdf
• Rocky Mountain Institute employs rigorous research, analysis and whole-systems expertise to develop breakthrough insights: http://www.rmi.org/

AIA-MBA Joint Committee Contact Information:

Eric Starkowicz, Director of Industry Relations, Master Builders’ Association of Western PA

Phone: 412.922.3912                                                                          Email: estarkowicz@mbawpa.org