WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute of Architects (AIA), in collaboration with AIA Minnesota and the University of Minnesota, School of Architecture, have produced case studies for construction projects that used the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methodology. Each comprehensive case study examines 21 separate categories including project description, decision making, information sharing, building information modeling (BIM) elements and liability.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — The Zweig Letter has found a team constructing a hospital in Kentucky that says it has cracked the insurability quandary that prevents many from engaging in the collaborative approach because a lack of standard insurance products or legal precedent makes risk allocation tricky even though the method can increase project quality and reduce costs.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Management consulting, publishing, and training firm ZweigWhite has acquired Stagnito Media’s Engineering Group — its architectural and engineering resources — through a new wholly owned subsidiary, ZweigWhite Media LLC.
EXTON, PA. — Bentley Systems has announced the launch of STUDENTserver, an intuitive website offering available at no charge to schools participating in the Be Careers Network Academic SELECT Subscription program.
HAYWARD, CALIF. — Leveraging integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM), ConXtech Space Frame Systems has completed structural steel erection on a 152,000 gross square foot lodge for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Base on North Island, Coronado, Calif.
Using enterprise-wide project management software, the Utah Department of Transportation was able to complete the United States' largest bridge reconstruction project within budget, while reducing overall construction time from three years to two years.
