A Study of obstacles affecting the application of Integrated Project Delivery in the Thai construction industry

Abstract

Due to the Thai construction industry needs more development. Therefore, to raise the quality and efficiency of construction is very important. One of the technologies that can improve the efficiency of construction projects and widely used in every country is Integrated project delivery (IPD). However, IPD is not prevalent in the Thai construction industry. So, to study of obstacles affecting the application of IPD is significant. The main objective of this research is to analyze the obstacles affecting the implementation of IPD in Thailand and find solutions to problems in obstacles. The study method is using Factor Analysis. The results of this study founded that 1. most people do not know about the principles and benefits of IPD. 2. The project need to have designer who understands the BIM system and the interoperability system. 3. IPD systems are not yet widespread, and the laws are not covered. and 4. People must understand the system of teamwork and software that related to collaboration. All these obstacles are very important for using IPD in Thailand and need to solve these problems first to make people involved in the industry to understand and apply IPD more and improve project efficiency.