TY - GEN
T1 - Design-build project administration
T2 - Pipelines 2019 Conference: Condition Assessment, Construction, and Rehabilitation
AU - Feghaly, Jeffrey
AU - Asmar, Mounir El
AU - Ariaratnam, Samuel T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is funded by the Water Research Foundation (WRF). The authors would also like to thank the industry collaborators for providing data on their organization’s DB project administration practices and all of the industry experts who supported this research effort through the industry workshop.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Water utilities were traditionally required to deliver their projects using the design-bid-build (DBB) method. However, innovative and more efficient project delivery methods such as design-build (DB) are growing in use in this industry. The objective of this study is to benchmark DB project administration practices in the water industry, focusing on the U.S. Southwest/Pacific region. Structured interviews were conducted with four utilities that are experienced with successful DB delivery. One utility was selected to represent each of the four following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, and Nevada. The interview questions were organized into eight different categories: procurement, roles and responsibilities, risk and quality assurance, design, design review, cost and schedule estimates, submittal and submittal review, and communication and information flow. Findings include that all four utilities engage the design-builder before 10% of design completion. This study supports utilities interested in using DB and in identifying practices to improve their DB project performance.
AB - Water utilities were traditionally required to deliver their projects using the design-bid-build (DBB) method. However, innovative and more efficient project delivery methods such as design-build (DB) are growing in use in this industry. The objective of this study is to benchmark DB project administration practices in the water industry, focusing on the U.S. Southwest/Pacific region. Structured interviews were conducted with four utilities that are experienced with successful DB delivery. One utility was selected to represent each of the four following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, and Nevada. The interview questions were organized into eight different categories: procurement, roles and responsibilities, risk and quality assurance, design, design review, cost and schedule estimates, submittal and submittal review, and communication and information flow. Findings include that all four utilities engage the design-builder before 10% of design completion. This study supports utilities interested in using DB and in identifying practices to improve their DB project performance.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784482490.049
DO - 10.1061/9780784482490.049
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85070374194
T3 - Pipelines 2019: Condition Assessment, Construction, and Rehabilitation - Proceedings of Sessions of the Pipelines 2019 Conference
SP - 468
EP - 476
BT - Pipelines 2019
A2 - Heidrick, Jeffrey W.
A2 - Mihm, Mark S.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 21 July 2019 through 24 July 2019
ER -