Integrated Project Delivery as Integration between Solution Development and Solution Implementation

AbstractThe literature dealing with general management recognizes two important phases of any project's and product's life cycle, the solution development and solution implementation. Both of the phases have been explored on the case of IT industry and the model recognizes two important variables: number of agents and level of interdisciplinarity. This paper will try to determine whether such an approach is also appropriate for the construction industry and will also try to prove whether design and build is an appropriate method of integrating the design (solution development) and construction (solution implementation) phases of a construction project because even though design and build is an integral part of many other manufacturing industries, that is not always the case in construction industry.This proposed solution is in line with the knowledge based approach of the previous research because it enables the design team and the implementation team to work together from the earliest phases of the project, therefore enabling the iterative design process and learning from one another.The results of the paper would be useful not only to further scientific research but also as evidence to support the implementation of design and build in the countries in which the legislation discourages its use