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The Change Conference - Results

At the Change Conference, held June 25-26, 2007 in San Francisco, over 300 architects, owners, public officials and contractors were all warned, early and often, that the traditional method of constructing buildings, most notably the design-bid-build way, is no longer applicable in today’s environment and everyone needs to change their ways.

Hosted by the American Institute of Architects, California Council, and McGraw-Hill Construction, the two-day “Change (the Way We Build…Change the World)” conference at the University of California, San Francisco’s Mission Bay Community Center focused on Integrated Project Delivery and the inefficiencies that impact all participants in the design and construction marketplace.

Integrated Project Delivery is the general term applied to a new project delivery system that utilizes highly collaborative, cross functional teams composed of all project lifecycle stakeholders including the owner, architect, general contractor, engineers, suppliers and security.

Panelists at the conference stressed the need to have the team assembled early in the process, that all team members have open and equal access to information, and that they share equally in the risks and rewards of a given project.

Evaluations of the conference program yielded many positive comments and demonstrated a need for more information on this important issue. To that end, presenters and panelists from the conference have provided their presentations for this site. Click on the presentation below for a link to their slides/notes.

 

June 25

 General Session: Behavior and Value – Kevin Kelley, AIA Co-Founding Partner & Principal  (Behavior and Value presentation not available)

 Panel Presentation: The Possibilities of an Integrated Approach – Stuart Eckblad, AIA, Director, Design & Construction, UCSF Medical Center; Jim Bedrick, AIA, VP Webcor Builders; Zigmund Rubel, AIA, Principal, Anshen+Allen Architects   PRESENTATION: INTEGRATED APPROACH

 Jim Timberlake’s presentation  Refabricating Architecture (Presentation not available)

 

June 26

Breakfast Session: Stories from the Front Line: Case Studies

  1. David Marlatt, AIA, Principle, DNM Architect   PRESENTATION: CASE STUDY MARLATT
  2. Kimon Onuma, AIA, President & Dir. of Technology, Onuma, Inc.  PRESENTATION: ARCHITECTURAL RIPPLES
  3. Henry Mahlstedt, III, AIA, Senior Project Architect, Hawley Peterson & Snyder Architects; George Hurley, Senior Project Manager, DPR Construction; Dean Reed, DPR Construction  PRESENTATION:  CASE STUDY CAMINO MEDICAL GROUP

 Panel Presentation: Integrated Contractual Relationships – Howard Ashcraft, Partner, Hanson Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, LLP; William Lichtig, McDonough, Holland & Allen PC; Tom Owens, NBBJ, Principal/General Counsel  PRESENTATION: INTEGRATED CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS

 Panel Presentation: Interoperability: Reshaping the Tower of Babel – Steve Jones  MHC, Deke Smith PRESENTATION: CHANGE WE MUST, AIA, Executive Director, buildingSMART Alliance, National Institute of Building Sciences; Peter Beck, CEO, The Beck Group; David Marlatt, LMN Architects, Tim Rice IT Director LMN Architects  PRESENTATION: THE CHALLENGE OF INTEROPERABILITY

 General Closing Session: Michael Bade, AIA, Director, Capital Programs, UCSF; Kimon Onuma, President & Dir. of Technology, Onuma, Inc.; Maurya McClintock, Assoc. Principal/Façade Engineer, ARUP; Paul Audsley, Director of CAC CAM and BIM Operations, ACCO Engineered Systems