Ebook: Preparing for Design-Build Projects - A Primer for Owners, Engineers, and Contractors

For nearly two decades, design-build (DB) contracting has become increasingly the method of choice in public and private construction projects. Many designers and builders are now drawn to design-build projects and must alter their business practices to accommodate the changed relationships within DB contracts. This book is a professional reference that covers the basics of developing a design-build project. The authors focus on learning modules that break down the decision-making process and reassemble it as a straightforward method for DB projects from the owner's standpoint. This book acts as a timely guide on developing DB requests for qualification and requests for proposals. It also assists the reader in interpreting these documents in order to prepare a responsive DB proposal or to evaluate a series of proposals and make a source selection decision.
Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Design-Build Contracting
2. Developing Design-Build Project Scope
3. Writing Design-Build Performance Criteria
4. Preparing Design-Build Requests for Qualifications or Requests for Proposals
5. Design-Build Requests for Proposal Case Studies
6. Selection Process Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals Evaluation Planning
7. Design-Build Proposal Evaluation Case Studies
8. Preparing Design-Build Proposals
9. Summary of Design-Build Contracting
Appendices
Index
• About the Authors