Design-Build is an integrated team of architecture, engineering, and construction professionals that leverages the talents, experience, and insights of all participants. This approach emphasizes transparency, communication, and knowledge sharing to deliver to the owner a better, faster, less costly, and less adversarial construction project.
Key advantages of Design-Build include
- Single point of contact and responsibility
- CM, Architect, and Engineers work as a contractual team
- Open-book, transparent process
Constructability and value engineering opportunities are addressed in design phase - Opportunity for reduced schedule
- Cost control from start of project design
- Owner participation in selection of subcontractors (subcontracts are competitively bid)
- Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) is established
- Savings after completion of project are returned to Owner