Building Information Modeling ("BIM") is an
intelligent 3D virtual modelling process for the design of
buildings and infrastructures which is rapidly becoming the main
tool for project realization used by architects, engineers and
other construction professionals. The key challenge to the full
realization of its potential, however, resides in the free exchange
of information within the construction pyramid. This is something
which is not provided in the current standard form of construction
contracts. For this reason, the industry has been working, over the
last decade, to develop specific addenda to standard form contracts
which provide for a new, more collaborative approach to
construction project management. These new contracts, known in the
industry as Integrated Project Delivery ("IPD")
contracts, have been gaining the interest of key sectors of the
industry. As a result, last year, CCDC released the CCDC 30
– 2018 Integrated Project Delivery Contract ("2018
IPD
