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Levy, Sidney. Design-Build Project Delivery. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006.

Design-Build Project Delivery

Authors: Sidney Levy

Published:  February 2006

eISBN: 9780071487030 0071487034 | ISBN: 9780071461573
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. An Introduction to Design-Build
  • The Search for a Better System
  • How the Construction Industry Is Perceived
  • The Case for Design-Build
  • The master builder approach
  • Turnkey projects
  • Build-operate-transfer—carrying design-build further
  • HUD and Government's Entrance into Design-Build
  • The Design-Build Advantage
  • Public Sector Interest in Design-Build
  • The Challenges of Design-Build
  • Institutional changes
  • Risk sharing
  • Liability, bonding, licensing issues
  • The Life Cycle of a Design-Build Process
  • Project initiation
  • Project planning
  • Risk allocation
  • Project planning—formulation of the performance specifications
  • Contract award and construction administration
  • Closeout and commissioning
  • The Team
  • The Changing Industry
  • Chapter 2. Traveling the Path to Design-Build
  • Partnering
  • Dispute Resolution Measures
  • The Cost-Plus-Guaranteed Maximum Price Contract
  • Fast tracking
  • The Construction Manager
  • CM's value as estimator
  • CM agency and CM-at-risk
  • The Program Manager
  • The Design-Build Process—Searching for the Holy Grail
  • Negotiated design-build projects
  • Competitively bid design-build work
  • Design-build has its advantages and its disadvantages
  • The Bridging Approach to Design-Build
  • How Effective Is Design-Build?
  • Quality as a Concern
  • The owner's quality responsibilities
  • How should quality management issues be addressed by owners
  • The Austin Company of Cleveland, Ohio—A Case Study in Design-Build Evolution
  • The Austin Company in 2005
  • A Midsize Contractor's View of Design-Build
  • A closer look at Forrester's QDP approach
  • Chapter 3. The Design-Build Team
  • Different Approaches to Assembling a Design-Build Team
  • The holistic approach
  • Collaboration
  • The New Business Entity—Joint Venture, Teaming Agreement, Limited Liability Corporation, or S Corporation?
  • The joint venture
  • The teaming agreement
  • The limited liability corporation
  • The S corporation
  • The partnership
  • The corporation
  • Architect- or Contractor-Led Team?
  • Contractor as team leader
  • Contractor as prime contractor, architect as subcontractor
  • Architect as team leader
  • Architect as prime contractor, builder as subcontractor
  • Architect as participant in a JV or an LLC with a contractor on a project-specific basis
  • The Collaborative Approach
  • Other Essential Elements of the Design-Build Team
  • The design-build safety program
  • The Quest for Quality
  • Is It All Worth It?
  • A Sample Teaming Agreement for Architect and Contractor
  • Chapter 4. The Design and Construction Industries
  • The Industry According to the U.S. Department of Labor
  • The Construction Industry
  • Construction financial management association
  • Strategic planning—the Hot Topic
  • The Architect-Engineering Professions
  • ZweigWhite
  • Chapter 5. Developing a Design-Build Program
  • Building on What You Have
  • The niche market approach
  • Sports and Recreational Facilities
  • Commercial office space
  • Security and Design-Build
  • Green Buildings and Sustainable Construction
  • Design-Build in the Process and Biotech Industries
  • Analyzing the Market
  • Business Development and Design-Build
  • Building client relations
  • Developing a Follow-Up Plan
  • Producing Effective Presentations
  • The oral presentation
  • Chapter 6. Design-Build in the Public Sector
  • The Federal Government and Design-Build
  • The States Use Design-Build
  • What Other States Are Doing
  • Quicker Delivery of Design-Build Projects
  • A Look at Cost Savings
  • Licensing Laws Affecting Design-Build
  • Bidders point out some shortfalls in the process
  • The Experience Factor
  • Private Sector Teams Learning from Public Sector Procedures
  • The two-part RFP on the federal and state levels
  • Requirements for Complying with the Prequalification Phase of a Design-Build RFP
  • The Evaluation Process
  • State of Maryland weighted evaluation approach
  • Maryland adds flexibility to the evaluation process
  • ADOT's Short Bidder's Compensation Provision
  • State of California as Innovator
  • Design-build—stipulated sum contract award
  • Lessons Learned
  • Appendix 6.1: Minnesota Department of Transportation Evaluation Procedure
  • Chapter 7. The Construction Manager Approach to Design-Build
  • CM Defined
  • Agency versus GMP CM
  • The Selection of a Construction Management Firm by Prequalifying
  • Risk Management and the Role of the CM
  • The need for a contingency account
  • The Role of the Construction Manager during Design
  • The responsibilities of the CM during the construction phase
  • The CM's postconstruction activities
  • Other Construction Management Contracts
  • AGC contracts
  • The CM Program Manager
  • Construction Management Fees
  • The reimbursables
  • An Owner Exercises a CM Option
  • The United States Postal Service—A Long Time CM/Design-Build Advocate
  • How CM delivers the mail
  • The Individual Purchasing Plan
  • GMP Contracts Add to the CM Responsibility
  • The CM's Participation in Evaluating Design-Build Proposals
  • Can there truly be an objective evaluation system?
  • Construction Management Contracts Used by the USPS
  • Design-build fixed price
  • Design-build competitively bid GMP type contract
  • Design-build two-phase proposal
  • The Design-Builder Prequalification Process
  • Appendix 7.1: CMAA Document A-1 Owner & Construction Manager Contract
  • Appendix 7.2: Design-Build Qualification Statement Package
  • Chapter 8. Design-Build and Sustainability
  • The Impact of Construction on the Environment
  • What do we mean by sustainability?
  • Whole Building Design
  • LEED Is Not Sustainability
  • Government takes the LEED
  • Green Buildings in the Private Sector
  • Pennsylvania in the LEED
  • Are Green Buildings More Expensive than Conventional Construction?
  • Projected savings
  • Recycling creates jobs
  • The Sustainable Approach to Design
  • The Sustainable Approach to Construction
  • The Holistic Approach—Again
  • NREL and Oberlin College's Pilot Program
  • Greening of Existing Buildings
  • JohnsonDiversey upgrade of an existing building
  • Chapter 9. Interoperability and Building Information Modeling
  • Looking at the Past Three Decades
  • Contractors and Architects and the Early Electronic World
  • The transfer from diskette to Internet provider
  • Contractors slow to embrace
  • The Role Owners Can Play
  • Interoperability—What Is It and Why Is It So Important?
  • The NIST Report
  • Why are contractors deficient in information management?
  • The Federal Government Push for Interoperability and Building Information Modeling
  • Interoperability and BIM issues
  • The Industry Movement Toward Interoperability
  • The Current State of Affairs
  • The Steel Industry Becomes a Leader
  • Interoperability and BIM as envisioned by the steel industry
  • Case Study—The Lansing Community College Project, Lansing, Michigan
  • The Denver Art Museum Project
  • Another Case Study
  • What Is Building Information Modeling All About?
  • Practicing 4D Modeling
  • BIM—Its Promises and Its Problems
  • BIM can provide higher quality
  • BIM has its caveats
  • Design-build and BIM
  • Chapter 10. Bond and Insurance Considerations and Issues
  • Bonds versus Insurance
  • This Risky Business
  • The top five factors for contractor failure
  • Another study about contractor failures
  • Warning Signs That a Contractor Is in Trouble
  • Risk and Risk Avoidance
  • A subtle but significant change in liability
  • The Spearin doctrine
  • Bonds and Letters of Credit
  • The terminology of bonding
  • The Letter of Credit
  • The Bonding Process
  • Prequalifying for a bond
  • Suggestions for the Newly Created Design-Build Teams—the Three Cs
  • Character
  • Capital
  • Capacity
  • Traveling in Newly Charted Waters
  • Bonds and Design-Build
  • Bonds and the contractor-led design-build team
  • Bonds and the A/E led team
  • Bond Provisions in the Contract
  • Insuring Design-Build Risks
  • General liability insurance
  • Commercial general liability
  • What Effect Does a Hold Harmless Clause Have?
  • Risks associated with design
  • The Standard of Care Standard
  • Another twist to the liability issue
  • Risk management through E&O insurance
  • The Necessity for Builder's Risk Insurance
  • The Need for Waivers of Subrogation
  • Workers Compensation Insurance
  • How premiums are established
  • Controlled Insurance Programs
  • Is CIP for DB?
  • Chapter 11. The Legal Aspects of Design-Build
  • Business Decisions
  • Liability Issues
  • Liability under design-build
  • Latent Defect Concerns
  • Other Liability Issues
  • Licensing Issues
  • Contractor's licensing laws
  • How the Law Looks at Design-Build
  • Failure to Control the Design
  • Other Legal Issues That Confront an Architect-Led Design-Build Team
  • Liability for design errors: statutes of limitations limits
  • Ownership of documents
  • Other ownership and use considerations
  • Design Error Liability
  • The Implied Terms in a Design-Build Project
  • Compliance with code responsibility
  • The Uniform Commercial Code
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Green Buildings—Avoiding Some Not-Too-Obvious Pitfalls
  • Paybacks on Capital Costs That May or May Not Occur
  • The Sick Building Concern
  • The Legal Implication of Electronic Records
  • Discoverable Records
  • Chapter 12. Design-Build Contracts
  • Exhibits—When More Clarity Is Required
  • Reimbursable Costs
  • Reimbursable design-build personnel costs
  • Costs Not to Be Reimbursed
  • Dealing with Allowances and Alternates
  • The Contingency Account
  • Alternates
  • Everything Is Included in the Article
  • Change Orders
  • Subcontracted costs
  • Winter Conditions
  • An Owner Viewpoint about Design-Build Contract Provisions
  • Who Owns the Drawings?
  • Understanding Dispute and Claims Resolution Options
  • The Schedule of Values Line Item Issue
  • The Importance of Substantial Completion
  • The Standard Form Contracts
  • The American Institute of Architects contracts
  • Construction Management contracts
  • The Associated General Contractors of America contracts
  • The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee
  • Appendix 12.1: Teaming Agreement Prepared by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
  • Appendix 12.2: AGC Document 410––Standard Form of Design-Build Agreement between Owner and Design-Builder
  • Chapter 13. Where Do We Go from Here?
  • Interoperability Coupled with Outsourcing
  • Optimizing Mobility
  • The Supply Chain Productivity Issue
  • Well, Help Is on the Way in the Form of Global Positioning Satellites and Radio Frequency Identification Devices
  • Global positioning satellites
  • Radio frequency identification devices
  • RFIDs Make Concrete Pours More Effective
  • Where Are the Advances in Construction Components and Materials?
  • Is the A/E/C Industry Becoming Just Another IT Business?
  • Index