 Integrated Project Delivery Podcast
Presented by Charles (Chuck) Thomsen, FCMAA, FAIA
 "Integrated Project Delivery is a new approach to agreements and processes for design and construction. It’s conceived to accommodate the intense intellectual collaboration that 21st century, complex buildings require. The inspiring vision of IPD is that of a seamless project team, not partitioned by economic self-interest or contractual silos of responsibility, but a collection of companies with a mutual responsibility to help one another meet an owner’s goals. To support that vision, owners, AEs, CMs and their lawyers are crafting contract terms intended to align the interests of the key project team with the project mission, increase efficiency, reduce waste and make better buildings."
During this informative podcast, Chuck presents some of his views on the importance of IPD as a tool/vehicle to address some of the ongoing challenges affecting the construction industry.
About the Speaker
Mr. Thomsen works with serial builders like the Architect of the U.S. Capitol, The Department of Defense, Disney, Harrah’s, Hoffman La Roche, the Harvard teaching hospitals and the University of Texas. He has worked on hundreds of projects in 20 countries, and has a broad view of the industry, having worked as designer, constructor, and manager.
At 3D/I he led the company, first as president, then as chairman, until its merger with Parsons Company in 2006. Before that, he spent 18 years with CRS, where he founded one of the first professional construction management companies and became president and CEO of the holding company. Chuck, an accomplished author and frequent guest lecturer, is an advisory director of Parsons, the Construction Industry Institute, and the Rice Building Institute. He is also on the Dean’s advisory boards at Texas A&M and Rice University, and was formerly on the advisory board of the Construction Industry Round Table. He is the first person to be elected a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Construction Management Association of American (CMAA). He is Vice Chancellor of CMAA’s College of Fellows. He holds a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oklahoma and he studied at the University of Minnesota. For more insights, visit www.charlesthomsen.com |
