Dive Brief:
- Design-build as a method has come of age, and it now has a list of the 10 best practices that The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) says everyone from owner to subcontractor should understand.
- DBIA figures that design-build arrangements account for 40% of the non-residential construction being done today, so it's not something quirky or a fad.
- The institute groups its best practices into three areas: procuring services, contracting for services and executing delivery.
Dive Insight:
The DBIA is not going to be accused of false modesty about what it has compiled in “The 10 Design-Build Done Right Best Practices." The collection, the organization says, applies to any type of project of any size in any sector. They are, the document says, "written to be universal in applicability, spanning any type of design-build project" and "are important enough to directly affect project performance."