Below is a listing of the stories in this month's DATELINE, organized by categories. The full text is available to DBIA members through the mail.
Featured Stories
Cover Story: Design-Build Takes the Heat Off Hotel Construction 
By David S. Dwyer and Brad Whitaker
In today's hot hotel construction and renovation market, getting a quality project to the finish line is increasingly fraught with challenges. From the complexity of dense urban projects to an ever-greater mix of uses, from the drive for sustainability in environmentally sensitive resort locations to doing major capital improvements without disrupting ongoing operations, these days building a hotel or resort is anything but straightforward, and one can easily lose money if it's not handled well.
A Revolution in Program Delivery
By Dan Johnson
Business and personal travel have made a dramatic rebound and hotel owners need to get properties into operation quickly. Lodging Econometrics predicts a 1.4 percent increase in hospitality supply over the current year followed by an additional 1.9 percent in 2007.
Design-Build Hospitality Projects for Military Clients
By Robert J. Osborne, AIA
The design-build project delivery method has proved to be adaptable to many different types of clients and building types. In keeping with this issue's focus, this article will explore a designer's experience with several hospitality projects performed for military clients.
Building a Convention Center
By Peter J. Downes and Irene Van Sant
The design-build method of construction has recently made great strides as a preferred solution to the hospitality industry's need for a cost-effective contracting process and as a risk management tool. Design-build is emerging as an effective solution to the competing issues of finance, aesthetics, and schedule which are endemic to the hospitality industry.
Structural Framing and Indoor Waterparks
By Kurt Frey, P.E.
Current options for structural framing systems for indoor water parks are numerous. Systems range from conventional steel frame box-type structures to elegant wood arches to elaborate space frame structures in every imaginable shape.
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DBIA News
2006 Design-Build in Transportation Conference
Transportation Project Award Recognition
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Departments
Board Reflections: The Hospitality Sector Welcomes Design-Build
In this issue of Design-Build DATELINE we focus on the successful execution of hospitality projects which have been delivered under an integrated delivery method. As is evident by these projects and their satisfied customers, integrated delivery is a great match for the hospitality industry.
Editor's Notes: Design-Build and the Hospitality Sector
Legal Briefs: Limitations of Liability
By Robynne Thaxton Parkinson, J.D., DBIA
The primary purpose of a construction contracts is to function as a risk allocation device. The question on most folks' minds is how can they realistically and legally limit their liability for certain risks
Editorial Forum
By Ted Garrison
Most design-build contractors can articulate the benefits they offer hospitality industry clients. For example, when casino operators want an aggressive schedule, the design-build contractor provides the solution.
Members in the News
Projects to Watch
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