Cover Story:
Time is (Lots of) Money
By Fred Minnick
As world gambling revenues are expected to reach $155 billion by 2012, Las Vegas construction is more than booming. In fact, more than 20 hotels and casinos are in the design, renovation or construction phase. That’s more than $40-billion worth of construction jobs currently underway, with a big piece of that pie going to design-build firms.
The Vegas Look
By Fred Minnick
Anyone who’s been to Las Vegas, has seen the brilliant work of DeRuyter Butler, vice president of architecture for Wynn Las Vegas.
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Region Review
By Christopher Prawdzik
At the end of last year, DBIA saw tremendous progress in design-build legislation. After working with DBIA regions, states increased authority for design-build use in public procurement.
May I ... ?
By Dieter Franz, PE, BCEE, Rodney L. Pope, PE, and Kelly K. Comstock, PE, BCEE
From the very beginning, the clock is ticking against available time for the permitting process in design-build projects. At the Johns Creek Environmental Campus wastewater treatment facility in Fulton County, Ga., for example, the design-build team of Archer-Western Constructors and Brown and Caldwell realized the strict time constraints required for the permitting process.
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