Jay Love is the Structural Engineer of Record at Degenkolb Engineers. He can be reached at rjlove@degenkolb.com.
In 2007, Sutter Health brought together its Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) team to produce its new San Francisco flagship hospital, California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC). At the first team meeting, Sutter challenged the IPD team, consisting of SmithGroupJJR, the design sub-consultants, the general contractor, HerreroBoldt and its major subcontractors, to bring innovation to the project to provide the best hospital possible within the Sutter-established budget. …
The California Pacific Medical Center is the San Francisco-based affiliate of the Sutter Health System. The November issue of STRUCTURE magazine included an article on the use of the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) framework on the project. This month, the topic shifts to the challenges of constructing the project in a congested, urban environment. …
Fifteen years ago, Sutter Health, a not-for-profit Northern California healthcare system with 24 acute care hospitals, decided that the traditional project delivery system was broken. Too often, projects ended badly for everyone, namely the owner, the construction team, and the design team. Between change orders, late projects, busted budgets, and litigation, there had to be a better way. …