10/1/2018

Electrical by Joseph W. Taft, P.E.

Design-Build
Construction Methodologies
 Master Builder

❖ Owner contracts with Master Builder

❖ 5000+ years
❖ Sole Authority, No or very little Specialization
 Master Builder

Source:
By Ricardo Liberato - All Gizah Pyramids, CC BY-SA 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2258048
 Design-Bid-Build

❖ Owner Contracts with Design Team and Construction

Teams separately
❖ 200+ years
❖ Specialized of Trades
Design-Bid-Build
Owner

Architect Contractor

Specialty
Engineers
Contractor
 Design - Bid - Build (Benefits)

❖ Competition in both design and construction phases.

❖ The Design-Team and Construction Teams have a
separate obligations to the owner.
❖ Fairness to potential bidders
❖ Helps to establish a reasonable price for the project.
 Design-Bid-Build (Problems)
❖ Failure of the design team can result in waste.
❖ The Design Team and Construction Teams do not have a
obligation to each other.
❖ Design Team is selected mostly on value while the
Construction Team are selected mostly on price.
❖ No input for the Construction Team during the design
stage
 Design-Build

❖ Owner contracts with Design-Build Team

❖ Design and Construction disciplines are contractually
obligated to work together.
❖ 50+ years
Design-Bid-Build
Owner

Architect & Contractor

Engineer & Specialty

Contractor
 Design-Build (Benefits)

❖ Design Teams and Construction Teams interact

throughout all project phases.
❖ Less Change Orders, RFIs and Constructibility Issues
 Design-Build (Benefits)
Design-Build Vs. Design-Bid-Build

Schedule Overruns -11.4%

Cost Overruns -5.2%
Delivery Speed 33.5%
Construction Speed 12%
Overall Cost -6.1%

-20% -10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Sources:
1. “Measuring the Impacts of the Delivery System on Project Performance, Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build”
Stephen R. Thomas, Candace L. Macken, Tae Hwan Chung, & Inho Kim
IST Publication No. GCR 02-840
2. “Comparison of U.S. Project Delivery Systems”
Mark Konchar & Victor Sanvido
Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 124, No. 6 (1998), pp. 435-444
 Design-Build (Problems)

❖ Conflict of Interest & other ethical issues

❖ Design Team not acting in the Owners best interest
❖ Higher Proposal costs
❖ Higher Insurance costs