Meeting Security Requirements with Design-Build

Issue 3 of 2015 One of the key findings of the 9/11 Commission Report, which sought to document the events and intelligence lapses leading up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was that miscommunication between agencies and a lack of collaborative integration between the FBI and the CIA led to intelligence breakdowns and the oversight of […] Read more >

Dear Owners: A Primer on Delivering Small Public Design-Build Projects

Richard Shelton, P.E., DBIA, CHC  |  Issue 3 of 2015 Richard Shelton, PE, DBIA, CHC is an accomplished DBIA instructor specializing in federal government project delivery.  He is a past president of the DBIA Mid-Atlantic Region. He is also the president of a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business design-build firm.  “If only I had known that […] Read more >

BIM Makes a Major Difference for Award-Winning Projects

Issue 2 of 2015   With the advent of Building Information Modeling (BIM), design-builders found another tool to enhance their practice. Its usefulness is implemented in two ways: in fostering collaboration and in the planning process. Since design-build is founded on cooperation and collaboration, effective use of BIM supplements and enhances the process. While co-location […] Read more >

Study Shows Importance of Team Integration

Keith R. Molenaar & Robert M. Leicht  |  Issue 2 of 2015 While, historically, many of our public buildings in the United States have been designed by an architect and built by the lowest bidding general contractor, the trends of the last 50 years have seen a steady increase in the use of integrated design […] Read more >