As long time participants in the alternative delivery sector know, the Design-Build Institute of America has from its earliest days sought to set forth guiding principles that would be universally applicable across all sectors--no small task. At its annual conference this week in Las Vegas, Mike Loulakis and Diane Hoag presented the latest revised draft of its recommended best practices, called "Design-Build Done Right."
While the organization expects these principles to evolve and be refined over time, it is seeking comments on this new version before November 15, 2013. The ...
The Design-Build Institute of America has released the first iteration of Design-Build Done Right, identifying industry wide best practices for design-build project delivery. Tracking a project delivery timeline, the practices are grouped into three areas: (1) Procuring Design-Build Services; (2) Contracting for Design-Build Services; and (3) Executing the Delivery of Design-Build Projects. DBIA’s goal is to identify practices in this document that have two basic characteristics:
1. The practices are written in a way that is intended to be universal in applicability ...
The Design-Build Institute of America announced today the 2013 Design-Build in Transportation Awards, which will be presented on March 19, 2013 at the 2013 Design-Build in Transportation Conference in Orlando, Florida.
The California Department of Transportation was named 2013 Transportation Owner Agency of the Year. Caltrans has made great strides with design-build recently through its Design-Build Demonstration Program. Caltrans also reached financial close this year on its high profile Presidio Parkway project, which will use the design-build-finance-operate and ...
On October 21, I participated on a panel regarding Successful Teaming at the 2011 DBIA Conference & Expo in Orlando, Fla. In the broad sense, teaming in the design-build context is collaboration among all project participants to help foster integration and achieve win-win solutions for delivering a project. The panel addressed best practices for drafting teaming agreements and promoting communication and integration among team members. My presentation focused on why the owner is interested in teaming and how the owner can influence teaming arrangements. Key takeaways from the ...
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