On December 6, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an agreement among state legislators to enact the New York Infrastructure Fund Act, a $1 Billion jobs program aimed in part at New York’s ailing roads and bridges.  http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/1262011GrowTheEconomy%20  DBIA’s press release notes that under the new Infrastructure Act, “the Department of Transportation, Thruway Authority, Office of [...]

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 [...]

In 2009, Minnesota enacted legislation giving counties the authority to use the design-build process.  This Wednesday and Thursday (Oct. 27 and 28), the Anoka County Highway Department is hosting open houses to discuss its first design-build project:  a $36.7M reconstruction and overpass project  from Crane Street in Coon Rapids to Ulysses Street in Blaine.  The qualification process [...]

Pennsylvania’s prison design-build projects are back in the news.  The President of the General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania - Richard Lowe, Jr. – wrote a scathing editorial today about the “archaic” Pennsylvania Separations Act of 1913 and how “best value design-build” is a far better option.  The Act is being used by Pennsylvania Associated Builders and [...]

Design-build is authorized in virtually every state.  This map – published by DBIA – shows the current status of design-build authorization throughout the U.S.  It implies (somewhat accurately) that public design-build is exploding in popularity, but the map can be deceiving because many states:  1) have only limited authority; or 2) refuse to use the [...]