Thanks for the opportunity for an introduction. I am an architect (of the building variety) and a Building Information Modeling consultant working with design firms, engineers, developers and contractors to define and implement Integrated Project Delivery (IDP) processes to assist cross-discipline collaboration and remove many of the historic barriers to true integration of the design and construction process. My focus is on advising parties on setting expectations of both quality and quantity of digital information at defined stages of development, and emphasizing collaboration and collective ownership of design decisions. The IDP discussions overlap many realms: regional and national policy, professional business practices, errors and omissions liabilities, technology sharing tools.
My involvement in this arena has been a long-time off-shoot from my architectural design thesis on Collective Housing, and the intersection of private ownership and community holdings. Participation on the design team of various projects from Native American housing cooperatives, modern condominium development and master planning / urban studies has brought me to the IDP interaction focus. Regards, Nancy McClure, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, GRCP On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:56 AM, ANDREA STRIMLING < [email protected]> wrote: > Robert, > > Happy New Year - and thanks for the invitation. > > My work is quite different from many on this list. My current research is > on inter-organizational coordination in peacebuilding and stabilization and > reconstruction operations. I'm just finishing a major piece of research on > US civil-military coordination in Afghanistan from 2003-2009. My premise is > that policy making - and academic research - have been undermined by a > hierarchical mental model - and associated focus on trying to put someone in > charge of all of the various actors and activities. Even if this were > desirable, it would not be possible - since the many organizations involved > in Afghanistan and other stabilization and reconstruction efforts will not > accept an overarching coordination authority. I argue that the question > needs to be reframed from how to establish a strong, overarching > coordination authority to how to create structures and processes that > facilitate the emergence of coordinated results - hence my interest in > coordination theory and the work that many on this list are doing. I'm also > on a small team that is developing software to help the US Department of > Defense with the growing non-combat side of their work in places like > Afghanistan. We are developing tools for strategic planning, ethnographic > assessment, impact evaluation, and other related topics. > > I always follow the discussion on this list with great interest - just > often cannot participate, because of my lack of knowledge of the technical > side of so much of what you do. > > Best, > > Andrea > > > > > > On Jan 15, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Robert Link wrote: > > >> >> CoCos, >> >> As the new year is already 15 days old, this seems as good a time as any >> to re-introduce ourselves to each other, and reacquaint each other with >> the projects on which we work. This will, of course, appeal more to some >> than others, but I hope everyone will consider at the very least >> dropping out of lurker mode long enough to send a note in the next day >> or two saying who you are, maybe listing your current most active >> internet presence, and perhaps even including a quick summary of where >> your work or interests intersect with CoCo. >> >> I won't go first, but if I see one or two others taking this challenge I >> will join in later today. >> >> Best, >> >> rl >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CooperationCommons" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<cooperationcommons%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CooperationCommons" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cooperationcommons%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en. > > > >--
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