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the general contractor, and the centre’s architect Once the approval was provided to move into the

and engineer. The three partners collaborated on construction phase, the usual process of permit
the centre’s design, the validation of that design and approvals and site mobilization were followed by

the project’s costs. the trades.

The Project Team along with all trade partners “All the trade partners in this process share the risk

would gather weekly in “Big Room” meetings and the reward with a common goal to capture the
collaboratively working towards a suitable yet owners’ requirements with the architect’s vision.

efficient design that met the owners’ requirements The result I can confidently say speaks for itself..

and at the same time was aesthetically pleasing for This is the third IPD for us. We’re finding success
the surrounding neighbourhood. This initial period and collaboration because everyone has a stake in

of time involved countless hours of input from all the successful delivery of the project by bringing

team members to validate drawings to ultimately together different individuals and all their different
move on to the “go or no-go” construction phase. input into the project from the onset.”

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