Preparing for Design-Build Projects

Preparing for Design-Build Projects A Primer for Owners, Engineers, and Contractors By Douglas D. Gransberg, Ph.D., P.E. James A. Koch, Ph.D., P.E. Keith R. Molenaar, Ph.D. This is a book available for purchase at: http://www.asce.org/templates/publications‐book‐ detail.aspx?id=7944  

Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction to Design-Build Contracting Design-Build: What and Why Historical Perspective Why Use Design-Build Design-Build Success Factors References 2. Developing Design-Build Project Scope Design-Build Project Characteristics Influencing the Development of Design-Build Project Scope Design-Build Contract Model Formalizing Project Scope

Summary References 3. Writing Design-Build Performance Criteria Owner Objectives Performance Criteria Development Management Criteria Schedule Criteria Technical Criteria Cost Criteria Using Abductive Reasoning to Write Performance Criteria Design Risk Allocation through Performance Criteria References 4. Preparing Design-Build Requests for Qualifications or Requests for Proposals Design-Build Risk Types Applied Risk Management in Design-Build Contracting Strategy Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposal Content Request for Proposal Components Design-Build Request for Proposal Contract Clause Considerations Design-Build Award Events Summary References 5. Design-Build Request for Proposal Case Studies Case 5-1: To Spec or Not To Spec—Is That the Question? Case 5-2: Keep Looking Until You Find the Right Answer Case 5-3: All the Right Moves Case 5-4: Trust Me, I Know This Will Work

Summary 6. Selection Process Request for Qualification or Request for Proposal Evaluation Planning Award Methods Selection and Award Processes Comparison of Methods Evaluation Criteria Scoring/Rating Systems The Rating Process Evaluation Documentation Summary References 7. Design-Build Proposal Evaluation Case Studies Case 7-1: Let Me Really Strut My Stuff Case 7-2: Making a Passing Grade Case 7-3: A Bracing Thought Case 7-4: Bait and Switch? Case 7-5: Defending the System Summary 8. Preparing Design-Build Proposals Design-Build Proposal Preparation Sequence Proposal Preparation by the General Contractor Proposal Preparation by the Designer-of-Record Preparing the Price Proposal Closure of the Proposal Preparation Process Summary 9. Summary of Design-Build Contracting Design-Build Basic Concepts

The Future of Design-Build Appendix 1: A Design-Builder’s Perspective on the Design-Build Request for Proposal Process in the Transportation Industry By Larry Hurley Appendix 2: A Design-Builder’s Perspective on the Design-Build Request for Proposal Process in the Building Construction Industry By Barbara J. Jackson Appendix 3: Design-Build Contract Documents Index