The State of Minnesota
Sustainable Building Guidelines (MSBG) Version 2.0

P.3 Integrated Design Process

Intent
Create an integrated approach to the design process by involving key design team members, users, occupants and operators. An integrated design process leads to improved communication and a systems approach to problem solving resulting in optimizing performance at the lowest cost.

Required Performance Criteria
A. Conduct an organization/kick-off meeting including the team.

Recommended Performance Criteria
B. Assemble appropriate stakeholder team
Include representation from every discipline that will be involved in the project: Owner's decision-making team, users, occupants, operations and maintenance representatives, at least one representative from the community, and at least one agency "client" or visitor representative. Also include Owner Representative and commissioning agent if applicable. Choose members who can make a commitment through post-occupancy review phase.

C. Conduct planning/ review workshops at key phases with all team members.

• Comprehensive Business Planning Workshop at Agency planning phase
• Programming Workshop during Predesign Programming
• Facility Performance Workshop within the first 2-3 weeks of the schematic design phase
• Convene multi-disciplinary team at least once per design phase for integrated progress review towards guidelines
• Convene stakeholder team regularly for integrated progress review. Stakeholder team to meet a minimum of once per phase.
• Convene General Contractor and Sub-contractors for pre-construction kick-off meeting to review the MSBG goals and objectives.
• Incorporate discussion about the progress toward project outcomes during every construction meeting.
• After occupancy, Facility Operations Manager, Human Resources Manager and others that offer cross disciplinary points of view on Facility Operations shall meet annually to review operation practices, complaints, and building maintenance issues.