I. General Information:
The INTEGREEN: Collaboration for
Sustainable Buildings, was a Forum held
last August 29-30, 2014 at Function Room 3, SMX, SM Aura, Taguig City. It was
well participated in by enthusiastic professionals in the building industry
such as Architects, Engineers, Suppliers both in private and Government
Sectors.
The Two day Forum was organized by Green
Architecture Advocacy Philippines and the other support groups and professionals.
It
included the Integrated Project Delivery in two days of intense learning
where various stakeholders of the building Industry shared their experiences in delivering more
efficient and sustainable progress through the implementation of IPD in a culture of collaboration.
The slogan of the forum says: Be a Trend Setter! Be A Sustainable Building Advocate! and Be a proponent of the Integrated Project
Delivery!
II.
The Advocacy: Wise Synchronization of Ideas
The two days forum was
strategically synchronized to satisfy the inquisitive minds of the participants
while giving them something to bring home for after the event.
The Day One:
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
in a Nutshell by Ar. Miguel Guerrero
Back to the Future: Forecasting
with Energy Models by Engr. Mark Anthony Ver
Putting it All Together: IPD for
Construction by Engr. Salvador Castro and Team
Day Two:
Drop the Stress: Building Permit
Process Redefined by Ar EnP Edison Ching Padilla
Improving Building Industry
Results through IPD and BIM by Mr. Gianluca Lange
Putting it all Together: IPD for
Design by Ar Abelardo Tolentino and Team
The organizers crafted a blended input of ideas in two days
which started with IPD in a Nutshell by Ar Miguel Guerrero, Chairman of the
Green Architecture Forum, Philippines. He defined Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) as an evolving, bold innovation in
construction delivery. Contemplating the owner, the architect or engineer
and the contractor all entering into one contract and functioning as a
cooperative and collaborative team to design and construct the project with
shared risks and rewards in the ultimate cost, schedule and quality of the
overall project.
Putting it All Together: IPD for
Construction by Salvador P. Castro Jr. , Chairman and President of SPCastro and Associates, Inc. was on the first
day. It was a hands-on session of the different construction
specializations collaborating construction stage modeled by his Team. Many had
a feed back that they learned overcoming from the intricacies and gained tips
for resistance and collaborating to create the optimum sustainable building
thru the SPCastro Team workshop.
In the Drop the STRESS: Building
Permit Process Redefined by Ar./Enp. Edison Ching M. Padilla, Uap, the participants successfully explored the
possibility of the Permit Agencies collaborating with the designers at an early
stage of the project. It was a chance for the participants to see how Stress-free,
fast and painless the Building Permits are processed in the City of Valenzuela.
BIM, though it’s the trend-setter
now in Building Industry still remains
hard –to –do for many. This matter was
simplified with the talk on Improving Building Industry Results
Through Integrated Project Delivery
and Building Information Modelling by Mr. Gianluca Lange, Head of Sales – AEC
& ENI , ASEAN, Autodesk. As a promoting tool for integration among the
building professionals and improving design outcomes, the role of Building
Information Modelling is really essential to IPD. The session explored IPD and considered the impact on the building
industry – and how BIM is central to process changes that IPD will bring.
Putting it all Together: IPD for
Design by Ar. Abelardo M. Tolentino Jr. , President and Chief Executive
Officer, Aidea Philippines, Inc was a truly hands-on session of the different design
specializations collaborating during the design stage. Successfully the
participants learn from the intricacies for overcoming resistance, bridging
gaps and collaborating to create the optimum sustainable building.
III.
The Advocates
The
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) was the main menu on The 11th Green Forum
organized by the Green Architecture Advocacy Philippines (GreenAP). It is
a civic organization that cares about the planet and takes action by promoting
the sustainable development of the built environment.
IV.
Major points in The 11th Green
Forum: INTEGREEN
The Forum was intended to inform and educate the stakeholders in the
building industry on how Integrated Project Delivery can hasten, improve and
prepare the Philippines for the needs of industry, timely for the upcoming
Asian Integration starting this 2015.
The Conceptualization stage was made clear which is to determine what is
to be built, first and foremost posed the essential elements in collaboration as
the following:
a.
Mutual Respect-Value of Collaboration
b.
Mutual Benefit-Compensation for Early Development
c.
Early Goal Definition-Set by Consensus
d.
Enhanced Communication-No Blame Culture
e.
Clearly Defined Open Standards-Sharing of Data-BIM
f.
Appropriate Technology-Technologies identified early
g.
High Performance-optimized Design Sustainability
h.
Leadership-commitment to project goals
V.
Legal Apprehensions in the Philippine
Setting
There are points in the
presentation that still has to be seen in over-all professional practice of the
Architect as a Professional in Philippine setting.
a.
Are
these integration will be embraced by the UAP as an organization or shall be
adaptable to the Civil Code of the Philippines in general? In One Integrated
Agreement, the core team members, typically the owner, the
architect/engineer and the contractor, all enter into a single contract.
Thus, for example, the architect/engineer is responsible not only to the
owner, but also to the general contractor, and vice versa. The idea is
bright, but there must be an IRR or Implementing Rules and Regulations on this
Concept.
b.
Since
Architects are required by law and by morals to abide by the Architect’s Code of Ethics,
does arrangements, protection of the welfare of the Client and being mediator
of the Client and Contractor as Roles of the Architect in his Professional
practice affected and deviated?
c.
This concept of IPD was started with American
Institute of Architects ( AIA) and thus the manner it shall be implemented
follows the Contract Law in the United
States, which is based on the English common law, contemplates a black and
white world where one party is right and the other party is wrong. It is
not structured to resolve issues in the world of IPD in which a team shares
risks and rewards.
Similarly, with multiple IPD team members contributing to design, through
BIM or otherwise, ultimate responsibility for the design can become blurred
(note that a licensed architect or engineer must be the designer of record
under state licensing laws. Even in the Philippines, there is such an
entitlement as Author of the Plans and Professional In-Charge of Construction.).
Thus, the IPD contract is usually drafted in a manner that ultimately
holds certain parties solely accountable for certain matters (e.g., bad faith,
willful misconduct) while otherwise implementing a collaborative approach to
the fullest extent possible. It was not properly stressed or maybe these
matters on Laws are stilled being crafted by the Iapoa in the Philippines. To
take into account, the Chairman of the Green Ap, Ar Miguel (Mike) Guerrero is
the Executive Director, Commission of Professional Practice at United
Architects of the Philippines.
d. Is this concept still on its experimental
stage in the Philippines? Or are there completed Integrated Project
Delivery (IPD) PILOT Projects already
where a stakeholder can check and balance in terms of the Risks? Filipino is
Filipino not just in attitude but in all taking risks. We need a fully mature
professional to merge in the foreign
endeavor.
e. How prepared is the UAP as an Organization of
Filipino Architects and the Professional
as the main player here. How intensive is his protection under the
Law? What are the safety nets of
the small practicing architects in this integration.
VI.
Knowledge of the contents that may improve the
Practice in Architectural Practice in the Philippines.
The Forum was
themed for big, established firms. For one, the BIM was a necessary tool and
only big firms can have that for the time being. Hopefully, in the next Forums
of the Green AP, it shall focus on how to help starting- small architects
offices do a first step on ladder of this so called integration.
In
the over-all sense, with IPD, everything needs to be a role player. For the Design Process, with
the architect taking the lead-role in preparing the design, it requires all the
led-team to meet regularly to express ways to add value to the project. Comparing now to Design-Build Scheme, the Architect often
prepares the design without any input yet from the contractor where in the true
sense of current practice , the contractor is not even hired until the design
has been completed and the Bids awarded.
While each party to
a project using IPD basically performs the same role it does in
Design-Bid-Build – the owner provides the site and the funding, the architect
designs the project and the contractor builds it – they do so in a completely
different context of collaboration, transparency, shared risks and rewards and
dispute avoidance.
This concept needs
more Information Drive and Trainings and need the follow-up support of the
Academe to prepare the Filipino Architect knowledgeable while still in their
learning years. This can be part of the Professional Practice subjects or can
be part of the
Construction Management Modules which needs more ironed Regulations fit for the
Philippine Setting.
Reaction Paper
ARCH. MA. ELENA E. LAMASAN
Building and
Environmental Control Systems
Graduate School, Mapua Institute of Technology
Graduate School, Mapua Institute of Technology
August 29, 2014
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