On May 14th, 2015, IPI celebrated its 6th Annual IPI Partnering Awards Ceremony.  Owners, Contractors, Facilitators, CMs, Designers, and other associated Construction professionals dedicated to construction culture change, gathered at the SFO International Airport Museum to Celebrate the Nation’s most collaborative organizations and Project Teams.

• Total contracted work: $2,079,873,557
• Total budget savings: $135,878,595.74 (7% average savings)
• 19/23: ration of jobs without a Time Loss Incident
• 15/23: ratio of projects that came in on time or early
• 17/23: ratio of projects completed on or under budget
• There were 1403 Change Orders – but Zero Claims

Based on a survey for all IPI Award Applicants:  $1 spent on Partnering lead to $81 Savings for the Project

The 2015 IPI Industry Awards go to…

Industry Awards honor Organizations and Individuals who have worked to make the industry more collaborative.

IPI Partnering Champion (IPI's Highest Honor):

SFO International Airport
Design and Construction Division 

IPI Chairman's Award:

• J. Louise McGinnis Barber

IPI Professional Facilitator Certifications

Master Level Facilitators (250 sessions)

• Neal Flesner, MIPI - Ventura Consulting Group
• Larry Miller, MIPI - Productivity Through People

Certified Professional Facilitator (25 sessions)

• Kurt Dettman, IPI - KDR Associates

Owners Adopting Collaborative Partnering in 2014

• California Department of Water Resources
• Michigan Department of Transportation
  
• San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
• San Francisco Port
• San Francisco Public Works
• San Francisco Recreation & Parks

Congratulations to the 2015 IPI Partnered Projects of the Year Winners!

Download the Press Release here.

IPI Partnered Projects of the Year honor Project Teams who have exhibited the highest levels of collaboration on projects completed in 2014.

Vertical Building Projects - $25M - $250M

DIAMOND LEVEL

 St. Jude Medical Center Northwest Tower Project, Fullerton, CA

Owner: St. Joseph Health with Petra Integrated Construction Strategies

Prime: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Designer: TAYLOR Design

Facilitator: Bainbridge Consulting, LLC

Facilitator: Ventura Consulting Group

RUBY LEVEL  

DeWitt Nelson Correctional Annex Project, Stockton, CA

Owner: CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Prime: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Designer: Helmuth, Obata + Kassabaum

CM: URS / Lend Lease

Facilitator: OrgMetrics LLC 

SFO West Field Cargo Redevelopment Project, San Francisco, CA

Owner: San Francisco Airport Commission

Prime: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Designer: Kwan Henmi Architecture and Planning, Inc.

CM: The Allen Group, LLC

Facilitator: OrgMetrics LLC

Vertical Building Projects - Under $25 Million

SAPPHIRE LEVEL

Connecticut College Boiler Plant Replacement Project, New London, CT

Owner: Connecticut College

Prime: KBE Building Corporation

Designer: RMF Engineering

Specialty Contractor: All State Construction, Inc.;

Specialty Contractor: Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp.;

Specialty Contractor: Nosal Builders, Inc.

Transportation Mega Projects - $250 Million Plus

DIAMOND LEVEL

Denver Union Station Transit Improvements Project, Denver, CO

Owner: Denver Union Station Project Authority (DUSPA)

Owner: Regional Transportation District (RTD)

Owner: City and County of Denver

Prime: Kiewit Infrastructure Co.

Designer: AECOM

Designer: SOM

Facilitator: FMI Corporation

SAPPHIRE LEVEL

BART Oakland International Airport Connector Project, Oakland, CA

Owner: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)

Prime: Flatiron West Inc. / Parsons A Joint Venture

Designer: Parsons Transportation Group

Facilitator: Pinnacle Leadership Group

 

Transportation Projects - $25 Million - $250 Million

DIAMOND LEVEL

SFO Runways 1-19s RSA Improvements Project, San Francisco, CA

Owner: City and County of San Francisco Airport Commission

Prime: Golden Gate Constructors (DeSilva Gates Construction & Graniterock JV)

Designer: AECOM with Lean Photometrics

CM: Parsons Brinckerhoff with assistance from Cooper Pugeda Management

Subcontractor: Royal Electric Company

Facilitator: OrgMetrics LLC

RUBY LEVEL   

Highway 65 Lincoln Bypass Project, Lincoln, CA

Owner: State of California Department of Transportation

Prime: DeSilva Gates FCI, Joint Venture

Facilitator: OrgMetrics LLC

 

 

 

I-80 Carlin Tunnels Improvement Project, Carlin, NV

Owner: Nevada Department of Transportation

Prime: Q&D Construction, Inc.

Facilitator: Ventura Consulting Group

 

 

 

SAPPHIRE LEVEL

I-96 Rehabilitation Project "96fix", Livonia, MI

Owner: Michigan Department of Transportation

Prime: Dan's Excavating, Inc.

Facilitator: Anderson Partnering 

 

 

 

 

Nelsonville Bypass Project, Hocking, OH

Owner: Ohio Department of Transportation

Prime: The Beaver Excavating Company

 

 

 

 

Sand Creek Interchange and 4-Lane Widening Project, Antioch and Brentwood, CA

Owner: Contra Costa Transportation Authority

Prime: Bay Cities/Myers A Joint Venture

Designer: Mark Thomas and Company

CM: Parsons Brinckerhoff

Facilitator: GLA Corp.

 

Transportation Projects - Under $25 Million

DIAMOND LEVEL

I-10 Perryville T1 Design-Build Project, Goodyear and Buckeye, AZ

Owner: Arizona Department of Transportation

Prime Contractor: Skanska USA Civil

Designer: Gannett Fleming

 

 

 

RUBY LEVEL

Route 110 Auxiliary Lane Project, Los Angeles, CA

Owner: Caltrans District 7

Prime: Flatiron Construction Corporation

Facilitator: GLA Corp.

 

 

 

 

Santa Rosa Ave. Widening Project, Santa Rosa, CA

Owner: City of Santa Rosa

Prime: Ghilotti Bros., Inc. - TerraCon Pipelines, Inc. JV

Facilitator: GLA Corp.

 

 

 

La Cholla Boulevard Project, Pima County, AZ

Owner: Pima County Department of Transportation

Prime Contractor: Markham Contracting Co, Inc.

Designer: AECOM

 

 

 

SAPPHIRE LEVEL 

Buskirk Avenue Widening Project, Pleasant Hill, CA

Owner: City of Pleasant Hill

Prime: Ghilotti Bros., Inc.

Designer: T.Y. Lin International

CM: Ghirardelli Associates, Inc.

Facilitator: OrgMetrics LLC

 

Highway 101 North Atherton Project, Novato, CA

Owner: Caltrans

Partnering Agency: Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM)

Prime: Ghilotti Bros., Inc. / RM Harris Co JV

Designer: B.K.F.

Facilitator: OrgMetrics LLC

 

2142J Pedestrian Countdown Signals

Owner: San Francisco Public Works

Prime: Bay Area Lightworks, Inc.

Facilitator: OrgMetrics LLC 

 

 

 

 

SR 101 (Agua Fria) Maryland Ave. HOV Ramps Project, Glendale, AZ

Owner: Arizona Department of Transportation

Prime: Coffman Specialties, Inc.

Designer: T.Y. Lin International

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION PROJECTS

The Castro Streetscapes Project, San Francisco, CA

Owner: San Francisco Public Works

Prime: Ghilotti Bros., Inc.

Designer: San Francisco Public Works

Facilitator: Ventura Consulting Group

 

 

 

I-85 Yadkin River Crossing Project, Salisbury, NC

Owner: North Carolina DOT

Prime: Flatiron - Lane JV

Designer: STV/Ralph Whitehead and Associates

CM: The Lane Construction Corp.

Facilitator: Wheeler Hill International

 

 

San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge - Oakland Touchdown Project 2, Oakland, CA

Owner: Caltrans

Prime:  Flatiron West, Inc.

Facilitator: Ventura Consulting Group

 

 

 

 

You can check out all of the IPI Awards event photos here.
Photo credit: Brian Wong Photography

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