Infrastructure Ontario has issued a Request for Qualifications for design-builders to design, build, and finance three Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Games projects:  1) the Ivor Wynne Stadium; 2) the York University Stadium; and 3) a new velodrome.  http://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/news/io_news/2011/feb0911/Stadia_Velodrome%20RFQ%20NR.pdf The full RFQ is available at www.merx.com.  Shortlisted teams will be asked to respond to an RFP this summer.

The Water Design-Build Council (www.waterdesignbuild.org) has released the Second Edition of its Municipal Water & Wastewater Design-Build Handbook.  The Handbook is an educational tool for owners.  It discusses basic concepts and best practices for executing design-build and construction management (at-risk) projects on public water and waste-water projects.  From defining design-build through managing the design-build contract, the Handbook offers a thorough discussion of design-build project delivery.   The [...]

The Columbus City Council approved a measure authorizing design-build and construction manager at-risk contracts Monday.  Ohio state law allows the methods to be considered for qualifying city projects excluding contracts for paving, sewer and water line extensions, as well as, work at the wastewater treatment plant. Columbus will use the design-build delivery method this summer on six tennis [...]