Design-Build: Planning Through Development (P/L CUSTOM SCORING SURVEY) - Hardcover

Beard, Jeffrey L.; Loulakis Esq., Michael C.; Wundram, Edward C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070063117 ISBN 13: 9780070063112

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2001

Synopsis

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Definitive guide to mastering Design-Build
Design-Build (D-B) -- the project delivery system in which one firm contracts to provide all of the architectural, engineering, and construction services on a project -- is expected to dominate the market by the year 2005. Studded with illustrative case histories, Design-Build: Planning Through Development, by Jeffrey Beard, Michael Loulakis, Esq., and Edward Wundram, is the first book to cover every legal, technical, and administrative aspect of Design-Build. Whether you’re a design or construction professional or an owner, this authoritative and up-to-date manual gives you the across-the-board, real-world answers you need for timely, glitch-free, and cost-effective projects. 

About this title

From the Back Cover

The first book to cover every aspect of design-build-legal, technical, and administrative. This authoritative and up-to-date manual gives design and construction professionals and owners real-world, across-the-board answers needed for timely, glitch-free, and cost-effective project delivery. Dominant by the Year 2005. Expected to dominate the market by the year 2005, this increasingly popular system, where one firm takes responsibility for all architectural, engineering, and construction services on a project, offers many advantages-and some new challenges. This book helps you realize all the system's benefits and shows how to smoothly handle new requirements. Design-Build Answers You Can Use. Studded with illustrative case histories and written by leading experts, this book gives you a brief, informative history of design-build methodology, then provides authoritative and comprehensive guidance on: New roles of project participants; Procuring services; Developing RFQs and RFPs; Organizing and managing contracts; Conceptual estimating; Allocating risk; Obtaining insurance and bonding; Cost-effective solutions for each phase of project delivery; And more. This handbook is certain to become an essential design and construction industry tool, the definitive source of design-build answers far into the next century.

About the Author

Jeffrey L. Beard has been a chief staff officer of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) since 1993, and has recently been promoted to President &CEO. He has over 25 years of management and policy experience in the design and construction industry, including project management, contract administration, governmental relations, issue analysis, product development, and program implementation.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0070063117
• ISBN 13: 9780070063112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 543