News : New IPA framework agreement with Deutsche Bahn

As part of its moder­niza­tion and digi­ta­liza­tion stra­tegy, Deut­sche Bahn (DB) is plan­ning and imple­men­ting num­e­rous large-scale infra­struc­ture pro­jects. Over­co­ming these is an enorm­ous chall­enge that not only invol­ves mana­ging cost over­runs and com­plex plan­ning pro­ces­ses, but also requi­res envi­ron­men­tal and social aspects to be taken into account.

Whe­reas DB used to rely on con­ven­tio­nal con­tract models, it now uses the inno­va­tive Inte­gra­ted Pro­ject Exe­cu­tion (IPA) model. Within this frame­work, all plan­ning and con­s­truc­tion pro­ject part­ners, such as archi­tects, buil­ders, trades­men and tech­ni­cal buil­ding ser­vices engi­neers, are invol­ved at an early stage in the joint defi­ni­tion of objec­ti­ves, plan­ning and coor­di­na­tion of the pro­ject. This pro­mo­tes seam­less col­la­bo­ra­tion and helps to avoid delays and reduce costs when all part­ners are working towards a com­mon goal.

»IPA is a modern, agile pro­ject manage­ment model for the rea­liza­tion of num­e­rous tasks in large, com­plex con­s­truc­tion pro­jects for the reno­va­tion or new con­s­truc­tion of trans­port infra­struc­ture. All key play­ers, plan­ners, con­s­truc­tion com­pa­nies and cli­ents, are invol­ved at an early stage and bound into an alli­ance with a multi-party con­tract. In times of scarce resour­ces, this model puts the focus on tech­ni­cal pro­gress, meaningful work and brings back the joy of buil­ding for cur­rent and future gene­ra­ti­ons,« explains Chris­tian Baeh­r­ecke, Mana­ging Direc­tor of ISG.

In coope­ra­tion with the GWT, under the lea­der­ship of uni­ver­sity pro­fes­sor Mat­thias Sun­dermeier, a new frame­work agree­ment was con­cluded that con­trac­tually secu­res plan­ning sup­port for the initia­tion of these major projects.

Con­gra­tu­la­ti­ons on this signi­fi­cant success!