Save the Date!

The 5th Annual Awards Ceremony will be held on May 15th, 2014, a City and County of San Francisco Partnering Summit, and IPI new Members, Underground Construction Co, Inc. and Watry Design, Inc.!

The IPI Awards Ceremony will be held on May 15th, 2014

Where: SFO International Airport Museum
When: 2:30pm - 7:00pm
Networking Opportunities before and after!

Join us and celebrate some of the worlds most collaborative Project Teams, organizations, and the newly Certified Professional Facilitators!

Learn how project teams are using partnering to get outstanding results across the world from International Keynote Speaker, John Thorsson of NCC Construction, Sweden.

Space is Limited, Register Today!
IPI Members: $60
Non-Members:$100

City and County of San Francisco Partnering Summit Highlights

More than 350 contractors, City department leaders and construction industry executives joined Mayor Edwin M. Lee to officially kick off San Francisco's construction partnering program at Yoshi's in San Francisco on February 27, 2014.

Videos, photos, and presentations from the Summit are now available on the SFDPW Partnering website, (http://sfdpw.org/sfpartnering).

Make sure to check out the video clip of San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee (opening remarks) sharing the City and County of San Francisco's structured approach to partnering.

IPI Board of Advisors Members shared best practices and outstanding examples of partnering from the field.  Geoff Neumayr of SFO presented "A Better Way Through Partnering" and Mike Ghilotti of Ghilotti Bros., Inc. lead a panel focused on outstanding projects called Partnering Works!

IPI E.D. Rob Reaugh introduced attendees to structured partnering and cutting edge research in Collaborative Partnering: 101.

Also, you can see Opening Remarks by Mohammad Nuru (SF DPW), and City Controller Naomi Kelly and learn essential details about the San Francisco Partnering Spec Program by Edgar Lopez SFDPW and Laura Bowman Bailey, SFPUC in Partnering - Making it Happen!

Overall, the event was a lot of fun and a great success - please contact us if you would like to learn more about launching your partnering program or holding your own Summit!

IPI loves our New Members!

We are pleased to announce that Underground Construction Co. Inc., and Watry Design, Inc. have joined IPI!

Underground Construction Co. Inc. 

It is with great excitement that IPI announces the membership of Underground Construction Co. Inc.!  For more than 75 years, this Benicia, CA-based contractor has delivered gas & electric lines, airport fueling, and industrial telecommunications projects nationwide.  Recently, they have delivered a number of outstanding Hydrostatic Testing and Pipelines Upgrades as one of the four Alliance Contractors for IPI Member PG&E's Gas Transmission Megaprogram.  This includes the 2012 Mission Street, Main Street, and Howard Street Gas Mains in Downtown San Francisco and the 24-inch Pipeline Replacement in Lodi, CA.   In 2013, they completed a number of Airport projects including the Terminal 4 Hydrant System Replacement Project at Los Angeles Airport (LAX).  We are pleased to support Underground's outstanding and safe work and hope you will join us in welcoming them!

Watry Design, Inc.

IPI is pleased to welcome  Watry Design, Inc., a national architecture, engineering, and planning firm focused on how we park our cars!  The innovative firm based in San Jose, Newport Beach, and Austin, Texas delivers elegant parking structure design and is focused on partnering with highly collaborative teams to deliver outstanding projects.  In 2012, they teamed with IPI Member Webcor as design/builders of a $25M 5-level parking structure at American River College in Sacramento, CA.  In 2010, Watry contributed structural engineering expertise to one of the largest parking garages in the US with the 1.8 million square foot Consolidated Rental Car Garage (ConRAC) and public parking structure at the Norman Y. Mineta International Airport (San Jose).  The seven-level structure, which holds 3350 vehicles, was constructed by IPI-Member Hensel Phelps for IPI Member City of San Jose, and designed in a collaboration between Watry Design and IPI Award-winning Fentress Architects.  ConRAC has not only gained notoriety for its size and complexity, it also features a massive piece of artwork called "Hands" by artist Christian Moeller.  IPI greatly looks forward to serving Watry Design, Inc. and continuing to spread the word on Collaborative Partnering!

March IPI Member Anniversaries!

4 Year Anniversaries
Ventura Consulting Group - Mar 4
San Diego Unified School District - Mar 15

1 Year Anniversaries
Creative Alliance Group - Mar 7
Michigan DOT - Mar 7

IPI Calendar of Events

March
IPI Vertical Construction Committee
Thurs 3/20/14 8:00am - 9am

Horizontal Construction Committee
Friday  3/28/14 8:30-9:30am

April

Caltrans Excellence in Partnering Awards Ceremony
Thurs 4/17/14 - Secretary of State Building, Sacramento, CA

IPI Vertical Construction Committee
Thurs 3/20/14 8:00am - 9am

Horizontal Construction Committee
Friday  3/28/14 8:30-9:30am