Integrated Processes in Building Construction
By Barbara Golter Heller, FAIA
The business model of the construction industry remains essentially unchanged since the Renaissance. Team members are identified by trade or professional specialties that have their origins in medieval guilds.
How Design-Builders Can Remain Competitive in the Face of a Shrinking Skilled Labor Market
By Jim Kissane, CDP
Should public owners, who are increasingly moving toward design-build delivery, have cause to be worried?
Cover Story:
Design-Build Under Fire
By Elaine Eliah, Brent Nixon, Ph.D., P.E., and Gary Bergman, RA
DBIA humbly acknowledges Mesopotamia's great ruler, Hammurabi (1795-1750 BCE), for including the concept of design-build in his famous Code of Hammurabi, the earliest written code of law. But they neglect to mention the downside - a design-builder whose collapsing building killed someone would join murderers and thieves in line for Babylon's executioner.
Keeping Pace at the Pentagon Post 9/11
By Kathryn T. Prigmore, FAIA
Renovation was underway at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Wedge 1 (of five) was complete and Wedge 2 was undergoing work that day. To avoid cost overruns inevitable with construction delays the schedule was compressed to maintain the original completion date.
What are the Changing Roles When Going from Design-Bid-Build to Design-Build?
By S. Richard Benton, P.E., FASCE
The use of the design-build delivery method continues to increase in comparison to the tried-and-trued design-bid-build method. Since most of our procurement, construction, and design professionals have learned their trade using design-bid-build, they have developed ways of doing business that have brought them success. But those ways do not necessarily bring success in a design-build delivery environment.
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