The Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency is holding meetings December 8 and 14, 2011, to share information about the Design-Build-Operate (DBO) process for its upcoming regional surface water supply project.  http://www.wdcwa.com/detail/events/community_meeting_-_design-build-operate_dbo_draft_request_for_dbo_pro  The meetings – which will be held at the Woodland Community & Senior Center (2001 East Street, Woodland) and the Davis Community Chambers (23 Russell Boulevard) – [...]

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 Design Build Institute of America continues adding to its educational resources for design-build project delivery.  Following a recent position statement on “integrated project delivery,” DBIA has now released a statement on forming a design-build entity.  According to the statement, a design-build entity can take virtually any form:  contractor-led, designer-led, joint venture, single purpose entity, [...]

The Minnesota Department of Transportation continues to lead the national trend toward design-build in the transportation sector.  Most recently, the C.S. McCrossan/Edward Kraemer and Sons joint venture submitted the apparent best value proposal for the $125M 169/494 Interchange Project.  The contract between MnDOT and C.S. McCrossan/Edward Kraemer and Sons is expected to be signed by November.  Construction should begin next [...]

Earlier this week, the Design-Build Institute of America released a position statement on the three-party integrated project delivery model.  http://www.dbia.org/NR/rdonlyres/B088C4A3-C481-449B-A4B5-AE37BDE0012C/0/DBIAPS_IPD.pdf The statement first disinguishes the concept of integrated project delivery (several delivery models and contractual arrangements where design and construction professionals are involved from project inception through completion) from the delivery method of integrated project [...]