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DISCUSSIONDOCUMENT2.2.edited21.docxPROJECT DELIVERY METHOD 7
Q1: Vanderbilt is going to build a new dormitory and dining hall. The building will be a LEED Certified and high performing building, and the goals are both LEED Gold and Energy Star certifications. The campus architect has asked you to recommend a delivery method for this project. Which project delivery method would you recommend? Why?
Answer:
I would personally recommend the IPD method (The Integrated Project Delivery) For the LEED certification to reach its absolute in both LEED Gold and Energy Star Certification for Vanderbilt University build. The IPD is the transforming of the construction industry. More constructors are willing to adopt this method because there is a less chance of facing the risks in traditional projects. In IPD method everyone is involved like the owner, architect, constructor, engineer and sub constructor’s involvement of all members at every stage of the project as working together at every phase gives an opportunity to every member to make a part or contribute their skills, ideas, and knowledge. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Bad grammar. Break it down to two sentences. And why personally? Be objective: IPD is the best choice … It would help the project reach its absolute … Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Why Caps? Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Transformation? Also it could be past tense because it has already happened Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Different distribution of risk. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: From the owner to architect etc. everybody is involved in every stage and has a chance to contribute …(change the structure).
The reason for me choosing this (IPD) method is because of the following reasons:
· Certification by (Energy Star). This method will show the amount of energy consumed, and it will provide the building to be more a green building to the campus, with less energy consumption and less money spent in the future. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: I don’t think they have anything to do with each other directly. With IPD you can come up with more efficient energy-conservation strategies early on and that helps both with leed and energy star
· All the participant parties are involved from the starting point. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Could be the first one
· If all the members of the project meet daily and discuss the project, then there will be no any delay in the project. IPD method gives an equal amount of work to all the team members whereas in other traditional methods to force the constructors and sub constructors for work and they take the high risk Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: They can cooperate and be aligned. They can focus on synergies and tradeoffs. I don’t think this part is correct. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: No probably one charrette and a few meetings but not daily.
· The rework of the project is almost none. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Say like fewer change orders and controversies.
· The risk-reward portion is usually divided between the participated parties; for that, all of the participants tend to do and make more effort toward the project, which will eventually provide a better design.
· Working within (IPD) would design a project that achieves the points of 60+ points. As a result, this will make achieving the LEED Gold certification easier. As every picture has two faces. IPD method also has two face one is positive, and the other is negative. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: No, they would achieve 40 or 80 or whatever, no body knows, but they can set goals.
The negative face of IPD model is:
· Making a good team is the essential point; if the team won't work well, then the time will waste, any project won't have made as accurate as it has to be. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Doesn’t .. be wasted
· Trusting all members is the key point. Trust make the team to work better and consume time. Many of owners are unaware about this IPD method of finance.
· They feel difficulty in understanding it and don't agree with it. Same as many constructors are also unaware of this method.
In conclusion, the amount of the point that will be generated from all these reasons, coming from the IPD method, will provide sustainable design and more solid results that will get the project to succeed, even in the coming years. This integrated method saves money and time also. The IPD method gives many benefits to the construction industry. The key point of this method is to build trust between project team members and take work from every member as a team.
My general comment:
The grammar is not good. Google stuff, change some words but stick to the structures that you find. Then the sentences will be correct.
DO NOT look at IPD in terms of risk, law, management etc. just look at it in terms of energy saving. And remember our charrette practice or the Methodist church example. How the architect was notified that they need mechanical space next to each room. If the architect had done the design before, they could not go for that option. People can discuss what strategies can bring points in multiple categories (synergies). They know if they fall short and they can plan. The cost of those changes can be smaller too.
Q2: Please answer in 300-500 words. Grammar counts in scoring. Now that you have selected the project delivery method, please explain some of the first steps that your team will take in creating this high-performance building. Please discuss processes, tools, meetings (and any other relevant items) related to the high-performance design process. How will the initial goals be verified once the facility is occupied?
Answer:
IPD method is the method in which constructors, owners, architects, and sub-constructors are involved as a team member. The key point of working at this project is to collaborate all the members at a point, and if they face a problem, then resolve it together. There is a project manager how knows about all little things of the project who is responsible for work. He has given responsibilities to the team members and checks whether they are working correctly or not. Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: omit
Some initial steps team will take in creating high-performance building are:
Conceptualization: Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: refer to the charrette meeting.
The first team have to analyze the problem and think about the problem in different manners that the project won't get errors and what errors will have to face the project and how to overcome them.
Design:
All the stages must be in cooperated with the design phase. Planning of IPD (integrated project delivery) carefully reduce the wastage of time and for all participants potential savings are produced.
Implementations:
After the designing phase an implementation phase is start in which make a model in computer and analyze it. Tested virtually and analyzed properly all systems that every outcome is accurate.
Construction: Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: You are really focused on the management IPD not the LEED IPD. Note that sometimes you get points or even certification before the construction.
If all the three phases are complete accurately, then the construction phase is start without any delays. If the teamwork accurately, according to the all plan without any delay, runs smoothly, reducing design conflicts, extra work, change, and waste, then the project will complete on time without any delay.
Operation: Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: O&M is a completely different category, it does not have much to do with design and IPD.
All the initial goals are achieved without reducing any operational costs, maintenance, and rental costs; it will provide a great benefit.
If we summarize our words, then:
The first thing is brainstorming. Gathering all the information needed and figuring out what the issues are and trying to come up with solutions that will be suitable for all the participated parties. Presentations will occur during our regular meeting to enclose the project's gabs and listing to suggestions from each other. We will eventually decide to choose the best ideas based on clarity, suitability, and efficiency, and we will stick with the decisions that take. The work will be assigned to the or divided, if needed, to the participated parties to achieve the LEED Certification. We will make sure that it would not be any issues by adjusting the timeline of the work. Gaining the LEED Certification requires so much attention to the details and schedules because the wasted time will be a waste in mo Comment by Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini: Again charrette meeting. Google LEED IPD
ney. There will be scheduled physical meetings to review the work progress to ensure that there are no delays in work. With that, the project will succeed, and LEED Certification will be achieved.
Revise this part. Also note that you know this is a dorm and hall on campus, be a bit more specific about thing that can happen or help this specific project.
: Integrated project delivery, or, in keeping with industry obsession with acronyms, IPD, offers an alternate approach to maintaining project goals within the initial budget. ….
The best part about IPD for sustainability consultants is that you get invited to the party early. Really early. Before there is even a schematic design. Facilities operators, energy modelers and commissioning agents can discuss big ideas and past experiences with the owner and architect before anything gets designed, to clarify everyone’s vision and prevent costly design changes. When the owner insists on floor-to-ceiling glass throughout, does that really need to mean floor-to-ceiling glass everywhere, or could it mean just in key locations? Could we reconfigure the parking so that we can purchase a smaller site, and put those savings toward a PV system?
And so on
https://www.usgbc.org/education/sessions/leed-v4-integrative-design-process-4839891
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.918.1920&rep=rep1&type=pdf
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/148/
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