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 [...]

On April 20, 2010, Ron Wright – Administrator of the Construction Division for the Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) – participated in a panel discussion at a DBIA chapter meeting in a Chicago.  He discussed the CDB’s design-build qualification and selection processes and its plans for upcoming design-build projects.  Here are four lessons - taken from [...]

I’m presenting at a DBIA-Great Lakes meeting this Thursday in Indianapolis.  I’ll be discussing form design-build contracts published by the American Institute of Architects, ConsensusDOCS, and the Design-Build Institute of America.  Please sign up to attend at www.dbiaglr.org.  If you can’t make it, and want to find out more about the contract forms, post a comment or [...]

Public design-build competitions are nothing like competitive bidding.  They require teams to compete based on qualifications, technical expertise, and price (not just price alone).   Here are six rules to remember during your next competition: 1.  Form the best team.  The public owner will begin by “short-listing” the most qualified teams.  It will consider the teams’ prior performance, [...]

Check out this post (http://blog.mcclureco.com/?p=233) by Dan Kerr of McClure Company, a mechanical contracting, engineering, and service organization (http://www.mcclureco.com/).  It’s a great summary of design-build from the mechanical contractor’s perspective.