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Being able to offer the design-build method of project delivery is now a necessity for any professional involved in nonresidential construction. Written by an author with more than four decades in the field and enriched by examples and advice from a wide variety of industry experts, Design-Build Project Delivery covers every essential aspect of the process - from determining how, when and where to use it, to proposals, bids, and contracts, including valuable checklists and forms.
Turn to the most practical and comprehensive resource on design-build for a thorough understanding of:
- The advantages and disadvantages of design-build: where, when and how to use it.
- Developing a design-build capability.
- How to define roles and assemble a design-build team.
- Marketing design-build services in the private and public sectors.
- The cost-estimating process.
- Contracts, bonding and insurance issues.
- Green buildings - their time has come.
- Project management methods.
- The CM approach to design build.
- Building information modeling.
Design-build is widely recognized as the most profitable method of project delivery for non-residential construction. Design-Build Project Delivery offers real-world examples and advice from a wide variety of industry experts on every aspect of design-build project delivery. Complete with checklists and forms, this is the most practical and comprehensive resource on design-build project delivery available.
- All federally funded construction projects must be, by law, design-build projects.
Contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Design-Build; Chapter 2: Traveling the Path to Design-Build; Chapter 3: The Design-Build Team; Chapter 4: The Design and Construction Industries; Chapter 5: Developing a Design-Build Program; Chapter 6: Design-Build in the Public Sector; Chapter 7: The Construction Manager Approach to Design-Build; Chapter 8: Design-Build and Sustainability; Chapter 9: Interoperability and Building Information Modeling; Chapter 10: Bond and Insurance Considerations and Issues; Chapter 11: The Legal Aspects of Design-Build; Chapter 12: Design-Build Contracts;
Chapter 13: Where Do We Go from Here?; Index.
About the Author
Sidney M Levy (Baltimore, MD) is a construction consultant with more than 40 years' experience in the industry. |
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