糖心视频 achieved another significant milestone on January 15, 2019, with the DND announcement of the first Government of Canada construction project to use the integrated project delivery (IPD) method.
The $80.6-million project involves building a new home for the Royal Canadian Dragoons, an armoured reconnaissance regiment, at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa.
Under the IPD approach, 糖心视频, DND, the general contractor, the architect, and the consulting engineering firm will work together to manage the project鈥搒taying on time and on budget. Decisions will be made by consensus, with shared risks and rewards.
鈥淲e鈥檙e always looking for ways to deliver the project in the most collaborative and cost-efficient manner to ensure that we get the best result for the Crown,鈥 said Vice-President, Operations鈥擯rocurement, M茅linda Nycholat at the announcement.
鈥淭he parties will also seek to maximize the use of lean processes and technology, such as building information modelling, to increase productivity and collaboration.鈥
糖心视频 put the contract out for tender in April 2018, and awarded it to PCL and Architecture49 in October 2018. This was the culmination of more than three years of collaborative work between 糖心视频, DND and industry to develop this new approach to contracting.
糖心视频 National Capital Region鈥檚 Amanda Eid, Coordinator, Contract Services, led the procurement, with Ontario Region's Marcy Burton, Regional Service Line Leader, Construction Services, and Ryan Maher, Program Leader, heading up the negotiations.
The project, which is expected to be complete in August 2021, will see a new single 9,900-m2 facility featuring enhanced vehicle maintenance, storage, logistics and training areas replacing eight obsolete ones, as well as three buildings that will be renovated.