Integrated project delivery addresses the problem of the unequal distribution of responsibilities,
that is common in the construction industry for various projects. The problem centres on the fact,
that the contractor is responsible for the basic risk calculation and that unit price or lump sum price
contracts are usually used. In addition, risk management is usually considered separately, so that
the contractor defines the contract sum at the beginning and has to factor his profit into the price.
Integrated project delivery counteracts this situation, as it divides the risk calculation between the
contractor and the client. They then jointly influence the risk management, as they already work
together as partners during the phase of planning. They also define the contract sum in equal shares.
In addition, the contractor's profit is integrated into the target costs in the form of a bonus or malus.
This in turn creates a high incentive, as bonus payments are made, if the target costs are undercut
and malus payments are made if they are exceeded.
The motivation for this work is based on the urgent need to bring this concept of integrated project
delivery closer to a wider range of companies and clients. That´s why the idea of developing a
digitalised version of the process. As project management is a detailed and extensive process with
many small sub-steps, the aim was to create an interactive application. In this way, a clear overview
can be maintained despite the numerous sub-processes and at the same time a kind of guide to the
application can be created.
In order to meet this challenge, the work starts with an analytical approach to discuss the possibilities of various process visualisation methods and then takes a creative approach to create the interactive application. The aim is to enable the user of the application to go through the process of
integrated project delivery step by step. This should be done so that the client can handle his construction project in a structured way using the guide.
Methodologically, the work is based on comprehensive literature research and the development of
various digital process visualisation methods, that represent sub-processes of integrated project
management. This model makes it possible to visualise the application of the theoretical process in
connection with interactivity.
The results showed, that it is possible to apply a variety of process representation methods and to
visualise them in digital form, which delivered an appealing and clear result. Even if some adjustments to the forms of presentation were necessary, the research work represents a significant entry
into the interactive and digitalised application of integrated project management. Due to the tight
timeframe for the bachelor's thesis, the various versions developed will certainly have potential in
terms of appearance and function in the future and can be further developed to ultimately provide
the user with an ideal program.
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Integrated project delivery addresses the problem of the unequal distribution of responsibilities,
that is common in the construction industry for various projects. The problem centres on the fact,
that the contractor is responsible for the basic risk calculation and that unit price or lump sum price
contracts are usually used. In addition, risk management is usually considered separately, so that
the contractor defines the contract sum at the beginning and has to factor his profit into th...
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