Delivered ahead of schedule and under budget using integrated project delivery (IPD), a new $60 million development at Michigan State University underscores how collaboration in construction yields the best results.
ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOLLOW THE SAME BASIC FORMULA. And that’s the problem, according to the MacLeamy Curve, a concept developed by renowned architect Patrick MacLeamy. In a traditional design, bid, build process, the further along you are along in the construction process the higher the cost of a design change.
Last month, Smith, gave an update on the MEP division’s direction at the company’s MEP Basecamp Conference in San Diego. The following conversation is an extension of that.
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AET Flexable Space has pioneered an underfloor air conditioning system which utilizes the few inches of space beneath a raised access floor for the distribution of air, eliminating most ducting and pipework.
UK company AET Flexable Space has pioneered an underfloor air conditioning system which utilizes the few inches of space beneath a raised access floor for the distribution of air, eliminating most ducting and pipework.
In our September 2019 issue of SNIPS magazine, Matt Cramer, president of Dee Cramer Inc, takes us through a recently completed integrated project delivery job at Michigan State University.