TABLE OF CONTENTS Basic design-build services are characterized by the simple combination of design and construction under a single-source contract. In 1989, design-build was considered to be a revolutionary concept for the delivery of commercial and institutional projects. The mere combining of design with construction was enough of a philosophical change to cause the lobbying arms of major design and construction trade groups to battle its acceptance as recently as 1995. But as design-build has gained currency in the twenty-first-century marketplace, the notion of integrated services on an at-risk basis continues to blossom. Design-build plus is the generic name for project delivery methodologies that can incorporate additional services such as business planning, feasibility studies, site acquisition, programming, finance, operation, maintenance, asset management, and other deliverables to meet the market.
The need for flexibility and adaptability, the presence of global competition, and the driving force for efficiency in capital economies all point to the increased use of a delivery system that can be tailored to meet a customer s goals. Four trends will spur the increased use of integrated delivery approaches that are anchored at their core by design-build:
Facility obsolescence. Change and churn plus growth and capacity shifts are rapidly outstripping the functionality and serviceability of facilities. Abank building formerly was designed to exude permanence and to last 50 years as an anchor within an American city. Today s urban bank may be a tenant, perhaps a major tenant, but a tenant nonetheless, in a developer s building under a 5-...
