Study on Promoting General Contracting Construction in China Referencing IPD Principles

Abstract

Integration Project Delivery (IPD) brings innovation to the project management process with the concept of "integration", and forms a relatively rich IPD principles system, which can provide reference for the development of General Contracting construction. In this paper, IOS Management System theory was used to analyze the key issues in the management Idea/Ideology, Operation/Organization, and Stratagem/Strategy of the General Contracting construction. It was concluded that the rights and responsibilities of the project general contractor should be emphasized, the contract organization mode of the parties involved in the General Contracting project should be well constructed, and highlights for signing the project general contract should be proposed. Focusing on the above three aspects, the authors sorted out and analyzed the related IPD principles, then put forward specific proposals to promote the development of the General Contracting construction in China under the guidance of "management and technology integration", "organization integration" and "contract integration".