|  WHY
DESIGN/BUILD
Design/Build,
also known as SINGLE-SOURCE responsibility, is an
interactive effort in which all company team members
-- from craftsmen to foremen to crew to designer to
client -- are involved in the building process from
the start and work as a single entity under contract
with the owner. It can produce significant cost and
resource savings by:
1. Providing a single source for quality, cost and
schedule management;
2. Eliminating redesigning and unnecessary construction
drawings;
3.
Reducing problems due to adversarial relationships;
4.
Allowing easier and ensuring better communication
between project participants;
5.
Emphasizing team work from conceptualization to the
finished project;
6.
Creating a greater degree of cooperation between the
design and construction phases of the project;
7.
Including the owner as an important member of the
team and requiring owner commitment of resources to
the development of the project. |
