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: Anatomy of a Healthcare Design-Build Project
By Steve Garrett, Don Lemonds, and Scott Rivenbark
An ambitious program. An aggressive schedule. An owner anxious to occupy the new medical facility. And a budget that, while exceeding $30 million, would not begin to cover all the programmatic elements envisioned for the project. Where do you go from here?
Collaborating Through the "Perfect Storm" to Deliver Greater Value Using Virtual Design and Construction
By Dean Reed, Atul Khanzode, and John Mack
At a time when the economy is strong and the work is plentiful in most major market sectors, we are on the brink of a major shift in the way projects are designed and delivered. New thinking and technology have converged to create an explosion in the use of virtual design and construction (VDC), which is proving to enhance value and produce greater savings for all project stakeholders
Relationship Building
By Dick Sweeden, Daniel Kromis, DBIA, and David J. Hernandez
The healthcare market is "booming." In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of healthcare construction projects including the expansion, renovation, and replacement of existing facilities as well as new hospitals.
Mercy Health Partners Finds Cure for Common Construction Woes
By George Karagiorge and Jay Ruby, P.E.
The Mercy Health Partners Design-Build team successfully completed the structural steel erection for the new Regional Heart Center in Toledo, OH, by implementing a truly unique structural steel frame in record time with lower costs than the conventional design-bid-build method could ever have achieved.
Healthcare Owners Overpay for Construction Costs
By William E. Reifsteck, II, DBIA
Thirty years ago when I started my first hospital project things moved at a very deliberate pace. The architect on the project had over a year to design and develop the project. We, as the construction manager, were given three months to develop a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) and the subcontractor world had plenty of time to introduce alternative pricing value engineering.
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Departments
President's Notes
This past week I had the opportunity to participate in a two-day U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Industry Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Board Reflections: Design-Build Design Competitions
In the design-build arena, design competitions have gained popularity for their unique ability to produce outstanding design at a very early stage with limited up-front costs for facility owners.
Regulatory Update
By Cara W. Welch, Esq.
Vice President, Advocacy, and General Counsel
The Ethics Advisor
By G. William Quatman, FAIA, Esq.
A good friend of mine, a design-build contractor, likes to quote Mark Twain's popular phrase, "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.
Members in the News
Projects to Watch
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