CITATION

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

Design-Build Project Delivery

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Published:  February 2006

eISBN: 9780071487030 0071487034 | ISBN: 9780071461573

Book description:

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.

UNDERSTAND EVERY STEP OF THE DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS FOR THE MOST PROFITABLE PROJECT DELIVERY POSSIBLE

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 the 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

Complete with practical, real-world techniques and valuable case studies, Design-Build Project Delivery provides the hands-on guidance you need to stay competitive -- and profitable -- by offering design-build services.

Sidney M. Levy

is a construction consultant with more than 40 years' experience in the industry. The author of 15 previous books, including several devoted to international construction and the award-winning

Project Management in Construction,

Mr. Levy is the owner of a construction consulting firm in Baltimore, Maryland.