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Featured Stories
Counting on Design-Build
By Jim L. Whitaker, AIA, DBIA
America’s first census was taken in 1790, under the responsibility of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, by United States marshals on horseback who counted 3.9 million inhabitants. Indeed, the US Census Bureau is the oldest federal agency operating under the mandate of the Constitution.
Design-Build Innovation Shaves Two Years Off Completion of $232 Million Minnesota Highway Project 
By Bradford Henry, P.E.
The $238 million ROC 52 design-build project in Rochester was a signature undertaking that broke new ground in the delivery of highway projects in Minnesota. Traffic congestion was already burdensome on the TH 52 corridor, the principal route between Rochester and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and every indication was that it would get worse.
Construction Firms Testing BIM Applications
By Barbara Golter Heller, FAIA, and Jake Bebee
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a young technology that is praised by architects for its versatility in developing design solutions and 3D visualizations. Less well publicized is the use of BIM as a construction productivity tool.
The Impacts of Design-Build on the Public Workforce
DBIA interviewed Richard G. Little, director of The Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy at the University of Southern California, on the results of its latest report, The Impacts of Design-Build on the Public Workforce.
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Special Sections
Board Reflections: A Great Loss to our Industry and Membership
Editorial Forum: Performance-Based Design-Build
By David M. Shelton, DBIA, AIA
Of the two prominent design-build delivery techniques (prescriptive-based vs. performance-based), prescriptive-based design-build dominates our industry. I make this statement based on my own experience as an owner’s representative and design-build consultant, corroborated through countless conversations with other leaders of the design-build community.
Best Practices: Top Strategies for Success in the Department of Defense Design-Build Market
By Rick Troop
The Department of Defense (DoD) and US Government construction market remains dominated by general contractor bidders. However, design-build bidders on government projects are becoming more common, with agency design-build goals for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) approaching 50 percent for DoD projects.
Perspectives: James Hubert Stewart
A native of Charleston, SC, Jimmy Stewart earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at Clemson University and went to work as an electrical engineer for the Public Works Department of the Charleston Naval Shipyard and for Georgia Power Company in Thomson, GA. Today, Jimmy works with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast as their Capital Improvements Business Line Technical Lead for the Gulf Coast Integrated Product Team.
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Departments
Contributors
Letter from the Editor: Welcome to Washington
I’m pleased to introduce our 2007 Public Sector issue, a precursor to our Design-Build for Federal Facilities Conference this June 27 - 29, 2007, at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC, DBIA’s headquarters and home to the new Nationals baseball stadium — a design-build project currently underway along the Anacostia Waterfront.
Members in the News
Projects to Watch
DBIA Book Club: Design-Build Planning Through Development
This month the DBIA Book Club brings you Design-Build Planning through Development, the first book to cover every aspect of design-build — legal, technical, and administrative.
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