https://doi.org/10.24928/2023/0192

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for Healthcare Projects: A Company-Specific Analysis

A.S. Hanna¹, Z. Zhu² & J.T. Morrison³

¹Boldt Company Professor and Chair, program in Construction Engineering and Management, Director, Construction and Materials Support Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-0252-6316
²M.A. Mortenson Associate Professor, Program in Construction Engineering and Management, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-1770
³Project Management Consultant, Hanna Consulting Group, Middleton, Wisconsin, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/ 0000-0002-4741-2091

Abstract

Organizations are increasingly looking to Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) to provide leaner and more successful projects in their construction efforts. Of particular interest is IPD in the healthcare sector, which has a higher instance of megaprojects and a higher overall level of complexity and risk. Therefore, the risk-sharing model espoused by IPD is more attractive than conventional delivery like Design-Bid-Build (DBB) or Construction Manager At-Risk (CMR). A major contractor worked with the researchers to evaluate its performance on two recent healthcare projects on which it deployed IPD techniques as the first step in a potential organizational shift to the IPD paradigm. Eleven projects were collected – the two IPD projects as well as nine similar projects delivered under CMR within the last five years. These were compared to twenty healthcare projects completed by other firms in terms of eighteen key performance metrics. Logically, lean ideals native to IPD led to better performance in several metrics; particularly those that have been previously identified as strongly correlated with project success such as cost and schedule growth, as well as in overall project performance in terms of the Project Performance Index (PPI). Buoyed by strong results, the company intends to continue with IPD.

Keywords

Integrated project delivery (IPD), lean construction, process, project delivery systems, project performance

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Hanna, A. , Zhu, Z. & Morrison, J. 2023. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for Healthcare Projects: A Company-Specific Analysis, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) , 321-332. doi.org/10.24928/2023/0192

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