PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Balfour Beatty Construction, as part of an integrated team with HKS Architects and TLC Engineering, has been selected to provide design and construction services for Martin Memorial Health Systems’ new hospital in the Tradition development of Port St. Lucie, Florida. The team will deliver the 84-bed, two-story hospital under an integrated project delivery (IPD) contract.

FAIRFAX, VA. — Applying all five of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) key principles of integrated project delivery (IPD), Balfour Beatty Construction and its IPD team recently delivered 26,000 square feet of interior space in Lincoln Property Company’s Bridgewater Corporate Center in Fairfax, Va. The project represents one of only a few dozen “true” IPD projects to reach completion, according to the AIA.

DEERFIELD, ILL. — Save the dates! The 2011 AEC Technology Strategies Conference will be held June 8-10 at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif.

DEERFIELD, ILL. — Save the dates! The 2011 Best Firms To Work For Summit will be held Sept. 28-30 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. This event delivers cutting-edge information and solutions, with keynote presentations and intensive focus sessions designed to provide the tips, strategies, and tactics today’s architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firm leaders and human resource professionals need to survive in the current competitive environment.

PHOENIX — Utilizing advanced and innovative application of total Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), the city-owned Arizona State University College of Nursing & Health Innovation Phase II building (NHI2) has won the Design-Build Institute of America's (DBIA) National Design-Build Award for an education facility over $25 million, and was one of two buildings — out of hundreds of entries nationwide — to be nominated for the Best Overall Award.

WAYLAND, MASS. — Many architecture and engineering leaders believe integrated project delivery (IPD) — where architects, engineers, owners, contractors, and subcontractors work collaboratively as a team from the inception of a project and share the benefits and risks — is riddled with too many unknowns to even consider at this point, according to a survey by The Zweig Letter.