Overview
Main 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.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Design-BuildChapter 2: Traveling the Path to Design-BuildChapter 3: The Design-Build TeamChapter 4: The Design and Construction IndustriesChapter 5: Developing a Design-Build ProgramChapter 6: Design-Build in the Public SectorChapter 7: The Construction Manager Approach to Design-BuildChapter 8: Design-Build and SustainabilityChapter 9: Interoperability and Building Information ModelingChapter 10: Bond and Insurance Considerations and IssuesChapter 11: The Legal Aspects of Design-BuildChapter 12: Design-Build ContractsChapter 13: Where Do We Go from Here?INDEX
Author comments
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.
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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.
