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Progressive Design-Build Starts With Trust
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to work with someone you did not trust? It’s not a pleasant experience, is it? Trust is the foundation of any successful relationship, and it’s no different when it comes to PDB projects.
Five Minutes with Roy Epps on his 41 years in the Water Industry and how Collaborative Delivery has Made it Better for Everyone
Roy, you are retiring at the end of this year after 41 years in the industry. What is the biggest change you have seen over that period?
Traditional Hard Bid Vs. Progressive Design-Build Delivery
A Tale of Two Projects: Two nearly identical projects with two different delivery methods demonstrate the benefits of using a collaborative delivery method The Crossland Heavy Contractors team had the rare opportunity to compare the effects of two different delivery...
Partnering: It’s No Kumbaya
In the weeks leading up to a partnering session, you are almost guaranteed to hear the usual quips: “It’s a joke. At least we get lunch. Can’t wait for the big group hug and then back to business as usual. We sing ‘Kumbaya,’ eat lunch, and nothing changes.”
Advantages to Selecting a CMAR Early
With the overarching goal to design and construct a high-quality project within budget and on time, the construction manager at-risk (CMAR) delivery method is becoming a popular option for many owners when evaluating the various collaborative delivery processes.
How To Do More With Less Using Progressive Design-Build
The pandemic may be over, but we have yet to recover. Across the US, there is a shortage of skilled labor. As a result, industries are struggling to find ways to do more with less, without sacrificing quality, safety, or performance.
Document Control: An Essential Piece of a successful Collaborative Delivery project
In real estate, the mantra “location, location, location” means choosing the wrong site for a development could cost you dearly later. In construction, the same can be said for document control.
How Cost Transparency, Using Collaborative Delivery, Can Manage and Mitigate Escalation
It is well known that the economic conditions of the last few years presented enormous global challenges across multiple industries. Supply chains have been strained to their breaking point and costs of goods climbed to their highest levels.
Benefits of Selecting a Joint Venture Team to Execute Progressive Design-Build Projects
Joint ventures (JVs) are strategic business agreements between two or more firms to create a new entity for a specific pursuit. In a fully integrated JV, the companies involved share all risks, profits, losses, assets, and liabilities.
How Can You Attract Qualified Design-Builders for Your Projects?
The booming water/wastewater market is keeping design-builders busy, so much so that the economic equilibrium is off-center, slanted toward a place where demand often exceeds supply. It’s a design-builders’ (bidders) market.