{"id":32611,"date":"2025-10-04T10:16:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/state-of-ipd-in-finland-interview-with-lauri-merikallio\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T10:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:16:39","slug":"state-of-ipd-in-finland-interview-with-lauri-merikallio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/state-of-ipd-in-finland-interview-with-lauri-merikallio\/","title":{"rendered":"State of IPD in Finland &#8211; Interview with Lauri Merikallio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>I had the pleasure of meeting with <strong>Lauri Merikallio<\/strong>, Partner at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/en.vison.fi\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Vison Alliance Partners<\/a>,\u00a0in Helsinki.\u00a0During the interview\u00a0Lauri explains how he got involved in Integrated Project Delivery,\u00a0IPD, \u00a0and how\u00a0it\u2019s been implemented in Finland.<span id=\"more-4046\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lauri-Merikallio-Vison.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4047 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lauri-Merikallio-Vison.jpg\" alt=\"Lauri-Merikallio-Vison\" width=\"213\" height=\"262\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4047 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Lauri-Merikallio-Vison.jpg\" alt=\"Lauri-Merikallio-Vison\" width=\"213\" height=\"262\"\/><\/a>Lauri Merikallio has become thoroughly familiar with the LEAN philosophy and its application in projects and provision of services. One of the innovations he has introduced in Finland is the Lean Construction concept and alliance model. Currently Lauri\u00a0is writing his PhD thesis in the University of Oulu. In 2006-07 he studied as a post graduate in the University of California Berkley. He completed his M.Sc. (Eng.) studies in the Helsinki University of Technology in 1992, where traffic engineering and construction economy were his main subjects.<\/p>\n<p>To contact Lauri, send email to lauri.merikallio(at)vison.fi.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to the interview (also on iTunes)<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Lauri_Merikallio_Interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/aec-business.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4046-podcast&#039;);\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Lauri_Merikallio_Interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" download=\"Lauri_Merikallio_Interview.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/state-of-ipd-in-finland-interview-with-lauri-merikallio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] I had the pleasure of meeting with Lauri Merikallio, Partner at Vison Alliance Partners,\u00a0in Helsinki.\u00a0During the interview\u00a0Lauri explains how &#8230; <a title=\"State of IPD in Finland &#8211; Interview with Lauri Merikallio\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/state-of-ipd-in-finland-interview-with-lauri-merikallio\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about State of IPD in Finland &#8211; Interview with Lauri Merikallio\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1062,1066],"tags":[1162],"class_list":["post-32611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aec-business","category-all-posts","tag-smart-construction","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}