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.
This issue also included the 2009 DBIA Publications Catalog (coming soon).
Featured Stories
Solid Versatility 
By Aaron Chusid
A durable and secure freestanding concrete wall is often necessary, but the time and expense of building one can be prohibitive. This is especially true if the need is temporary, as additional costs to demolish and dispose of the wall can add up.
Reinforced Adaptability
By Craig A. Shutt
Phil Sheridan, PE, has been working with design-build projects for 10 years at Clark Design-Build LLC. Since the earliest days, he’s used reinforced concrete in these projects, because of the variety of benefits it offers for design-build delivery systems.
United Front
By Gregory P. Luth, Ph.D., S.E.; Clifford Bourland, AIA; and Michael Gustafson, P.E.
Despite tremendous industry buzz about Building Information Modeling (BIM), the greatest success has occurred within the “silos” of the designer, the builder and the fabricator. Designers are finding productivity gains and better coordinated designs. Construction management companies are identifying system clashes before they occur in the field. Steel fabricators have used 3-D modeling for years to better automate their fabrication processes. This practice is now growing in the precast industry as well.
Medical Considerations
Architectural importance can exist at a variety of levels on a design-build project. Depending on surrounding circumstances, particularly those that involve time and money, it is always different.
Operation Sophistication
Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital orthopedic center in St. Louis stands out as a prime example of how design-build serves as the preferred procurement method, not only because design-build can deliver a project on time, under budget and without litigation. It also can do so with the latest state-of-the-art facilities in the country.
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Departments
Letter from the Editor
Oh what a time we’re going through this fall! As you read this, the country has a new president, the markets have reacted, with few knowing exactly where they will go after the roller-coaster month of October. But in such a time, design-build continues to push on. It’s a time where design-build needs some sure footing as we move into a new administration and soon a new year.
Projects to Watch
Members in the News
New Members
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