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Manual of Practice

The ONLY Guidebook Available to the Design-Build Industry

The Design-Build Manual of Practice is an authoritative guidebook about single source responsibility contracting, consisting of narrative instructions, procedural guidance, sample formats and best practices recommendations. The purpose of the compendium is to provide a comprehensive reference manual for owners and practitioners about all aspects of design-build practice. The publication includes basic definitions, selection procedures, project execution checkpoints, tenets of professional ethics, risk management guidelines, contract formats, licensure data, and regulatory and legal information.

The Manual of Practice is available in the following formats:

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1-Year Online Subscription:  The New Online Design-Build Manual of Practice 1-Year Subscription is now available online in downloadable PDF form.  Online subscriptions are good for one year*.  With continuous updates, new text, and new chapters being added over the course of 2010; the Manual of Practice Online Subscription will coincide with DBIA education courses and will reflect industry trends.

DBIA Member Price: $599.00

Non-Member Price: $749.00 

Student Member Price: $199.00

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 *You will be contacted by DBIA to renew your subscription. Renewal Rates: Member $99.00 Non-Member $199.00 Student Member $49.00

NEW COMBO KIT!!

Manual of Practice Online Subscription & Complete Set of Downloadable Microsoft Word Contracts - Which includes the new edtions of contract documents 525, 530, 535 and 3 new exhibits for Insurance, BIM and Sustainability. The yearly downloadable option of the contracts gives you license to use the contracts as many times as needed within your company, and you will receive the new updated versions of the contracts as soon as they become available - New editions are due this fall!

DBIA Member Price: $675.00

Non-Member Price: $1,300.00 

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