TABLE OF CONTENTS Assembling a highly effective project team from among the many disciplines and vocations within the design and construction industry is at the heart of design-build delivery. The focus on common goals and the single point of overall project control are basic ingredients that make up design-build services.
Many individuals with different professions and skills participate in integrated services projects. Each member of a design-build team has basic personal motivations and needs that must be at least partially satisfied if the project is going to progress with harmony and efficiency. Needs that motivate individual team members range from physical and biological (shelter, food, rest) and security needs (safety, removal of dangerous threats), to societal (acceptance, friendship, sense of belonging to a larger organization), and self-esteem (pride, self-confidence, status, recognition, ego), to self-actualization (continuing to seek further development of one s potential).
Societal needs are often satisfied by working with like-minded individuals in an environment where friendly relationships and job satisfaction are found. At work, the ability to provide input into problem solving, to build business relationships and to develop trust in coworkers can translate into project-based productivity and teamwork. Self-esteem is satisfied when each person on a project team is given responsibility and the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the success of the endeavor. Recognition through incentives and public acknowledgment rewards the individual and encourages continued behavior that produces high-quality services, decisions, and work. Self-actualization is the result of achieving meaningful goals, producing high-quality work, and exhibiting...
