Integrated project delivery and associated risk reduction in construction projects in Egypt

This study investigates the effect of using the Integrated Project Delivery IPD approach on reducing risks of construction projects in Egypt. The study started by identifying different Project Delivery Systems PDS highlighting its characteristics and inherited problems. The study also introduced IPD and its key principles as a proposed tool reducing construction risks. An updated list of construction risks was generated after comprehensive literature review. A questionnaire survey was developed to measure the anticipated reduction in construction risks quantitatively under the assumption of applying IPD. The survey was distributed to Contractors, Consultants, and Employers while collected data were analyzed and results’ reliability was found consistent using Statistical Package for the Social Science SPSS. Significance anticipated risk reduction was prominent for Design and Management risks while moderate anticipated reduction was noticeable for Construction and Contractual risks and slight anticipated reduction was found for Economic and Political risks. The study also identified the Relative Importance Index RII for the IPD key principles to sort them based on practitioners’ feedback. The study concluded that applying IPD approach in Egypt is promising and many benefits could be gained due to anticipated risk reduction that may occur in construction of building projects in Egypt. © 2019, Cairo University. All rights reserved.