Last Thursday, the Washington Department of Transportation signed a $1.35 billion contract with Seattle Tunnel Partners to design and construct a tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct near Seattle’s waterfront.  Seattle Tunnel Partners – a joint venture between Dragados USA and Tutor Perini Corporation – was identified last month as the best value proposer. An engineering [...]

Earlier this week, the Lebanon Community School Corporation board of trustees selected design-build as the delivery method for its upcoming corporation-wide building renovation project.  The board’s decision was based heavily on the fact that Hamilton Southeastern and Noblesville schools recently opted for design-build with their renovation projects.  http://reporter.net/local/x1293915610/LCSC-opts-for-design-build-method-for-upcoming-project  Design-build offers cost and time savings over competitive bidding, [...]

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, [...]

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of State issued a press release regarding the Project of the Year Award it received at the Design-Build Institute of America’s annual conference last week.  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/10/150018.htm Completed in March, the $172M project “provides a more secure, safer, and more functional facility for approximately 210 embassy employees.”  The press release also notes [...]

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 [...]