Deciding on the type of contract to use can have a major impact on how relationships develop between key players and ultimately, on the project outcome. Choosing the correct contract from the array on offer can be daunting. Ensuring that processes such as BIM and IPD can be incorporated and capitalised on is critical. This article summarises the main contract forms in current use and assesses whether they are suited to integrated process and technology.

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Users of advanced process and technologies such as BIM and IPD are aware of the innate advantages afforded to the design process. Some have gone further and utilised solutions to enhance their Supply Chain Management (SCM). However, constraints within contracts mean that the full benefits of these systems may not have been realised. This article investigates how selecting the right contract form can be instrumental to delivering the best solution.

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 Although by Middle East Standards the Central Park Tower in Broomfield Colorado is not the largest project, it provides excellent examples of measurable return on investment (ROI).

This case study reports how general contractor, The Weitz Company, combined Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) process to streamline the delivery of the entire structural system and maximise the use of data/deliverables that could be extracted from the fully coordinated building information models.

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