Pro Vigil

If you’re running your own construction operation then you’re well aware of inefficiencies and cost overrun in your projects. In fact, you’re probably visiting our site because you want to knock the high and unexpected costs of theft and vandalism out of your budget entirely with Pro-Vigil’s construction security services.

Obviously when it comes to cutting your costs and raising your value to your clients we think job site security is tops. We admit that there’s more to construction than construction security though, and thought we’d bring up a recent proposal from the American Institute of Architects: “Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide”

The AIA’s press release for their guide places blame for inefficiencies on construction:
An Economist article from 2000 identifies 30 percent waste in the U.S. construction industry; a National Institute Standards and Technology (NIST) study from 2004 targets lack of interoperability as costing the industry $15.8 billion annually…

I’m a bit leery of any program that centralizes project control in one camp, though it looks like the basis for “Integrated Project Delivery” is “mutual respect and trust” and, more importantly, “mutual benefit and reward.”

So will it be worth it to you to down load their 62 page guide and ramp it up for your next construction project? No, and the paper seems pretty academic too, without much hands on real-world examples of this concept in action.

Still, it’s worth while for you to have a passing understanding of it in case an architect or owner brings it up, and if you’re serious about running your company as a business then you’ll be serious about reducing that 30% of waste in your budget so that you can pass the savings on to your clients and your employees… and your own bottom line.

Resources:
Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and The AIA California Council, Partner to Introduce Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide (press release)

Via The Construction Informer, one of our new daily reads and one of the few construction industry blogs out there.