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.
Also included in this issue was complete information on the 2008 Design-Build Conference & Expo.
Correction: in the print version of DATELINE, the name of John Chiglo of the Minnesota Department of Transportation was misspelled. The online version has been corrected.
Featured Stories
The Fastest Track
On Sept. 18, a little after 5:00 a.m., with lights flashing and horns blowing, the first vehicles rolled across the new St. Anthony Falls Bridge in Minneapolis. The bridge was designed and built in just over 13 months, three months less than the original, extremely tight, schedule.
Integrate with LEED
By Wendy Hageman, RCID, LEED AP
With sustainability one of the hottest topics right now, more and more municipalities and private companies are requiring sustainable designs for their new buildings as well as their existing facilities. Some of these requirements include Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification
Super Charged
By Rob Colgan
Design-build offers a lot of advantages to an owner or developer looking to achieve LEED® certification or one of the higher LEED ratings. The most important benefit is often not recognized as such, and that is the assembly of a professional team that knows how to work together in the early stages of the project. A green project requires careful planning and serious commitment to the guiding principles established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
New LEED Strategies
By George Woods
The U.S. Army is one of the largest design and construction customers in the world. With more than 76 million residential units and almost five million commercial buildings, it also holds almost all of its buildings through the entire lifecycle of the structure. Since 2000, the Army has focused on incorporating sustainable design and development programs into all of its design and construction efforts. In 2006, the Army adopted the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED rating system as the methodology to achieve its sustainability goals. The Army has set as its standard that all projects will be capable of achieving a Silver rating.
Green’s Hidden Advantages
By Paul Todd Merrill, PE, LEED® AP
Going green in your design-build project is your opportunity to make a difference in the world around you, and at the same time, uncover a variety of benefits that can strengthen your bottom line.
Corps Value
By Tracy Hill
On Sept. 12, 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) — Baltimore District selected design-builder Grunley Construction Company Inc., with Samaha Associates Inc. as its lead designer, to deliver a new state-of-the-art child development center (CDC) and school age center (SAC) to the military and civilian community serving the mission at Ft. Myer, Va., and the Pentagon.
A Management How-To (Book Excerpt)
Recently published by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: Concepts and Strategies for Managing Capital Building Programs takes a comprehensive look at program management and applies it to various aspects of building and construction.
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Letter from the Editor
As design-builders from across the country converge on Las Vegas this month for the 2008 Design-Build Conference & Expo, they’re going to find themselves in an intersection of a variety of influences, challenges and also opportunities.
Board Reflections
By Greg Gidez, AIA, DBIA, LEED® AP
As we look back on the last few months we see new realities starting to set in on our industry: the financial markets in turmoil, led by a collapse of the housing market and the sub-prime mortgage industry; major bank failures, centuries old investment banks going under or being bought out; and a re-distribution of the capital that feeds our growth.
Legislative Update
Throughout 2008, DBIA has been having a series of meetings with the House of Representatives and Senate as it pertains to both the Appropriations and authorization/oversight processes concerning the significance of design-build with the federal government.
DBIA Book Club
By Patricia Carpio
Members in the News
Projects to Watch
New Members
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