Design-Build: Planning Through Development

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Book Description
Definitive guide to mastering Design-Build Design-Build (D-B) -- the project delivery system in which one firm contracts to provide all of the architectural, engineering, and construction services on a project -- is expected to dominate the market by the year 2005. Studded with illustrative case histories, Design-Build: Planning Through Development, by Jeffrey Beard, Michael Loulakis, Sr., and Edward Wundram, is the first book to cover every legal, technical, and administrative aspect of Design-Build. Whether you're a design or construction professional or an owner, this authoritative and up-to-date manual gives you the across-the-board, real-world answers you need for timely, glitch-free, and cost-effective projects. You get expert architectural and engineering advice on:

• Procuring services
• Developing RFQs and RFPs
• Organizing and managing contracts
• Allocating risks
• Obtaining insurance and bonding
• Much more

From the Back Cover
The first book to cover every aspect of design-buildNlegal, technical, and administrativeNthis authoritative and up-to-date manual gives design and construction professionals and owners the across-the-board, real-world answers needed for timely, glitch-free, and cost-effective project delivery. Dominant by the Year 2005. Expected to dominate the market by the year 2005, this increasingly popular system, where one firm takes responsibility for all architectural, engineering, and construction...

Customer Reviews
Phenomenal resource, May 1, 2002
Reviewer: A reader
I am a public owner and find this book to be one of the most complete and easy to understand discussions of the design-build process that I have seen. Beard, Loulakis and Wundram are well-known industry experts and all active in the Design-Build Institute of America. They bring their years of practical experience to their writings and have a strong sense of reality. I particularly found the contract and liability chapters written by Loulakis to be very helpful. I also enjoy the other books written by Loulakis, particularly "Design-Build Lessons Learned," (2001 Edition), which has the most up-to-date analysis of design-build caselaw and is a great resource to keep up to date with this subject. I'm anxiously awaiting to see if the authors decide to come out with another book in the near future. Keep up the good work, gentlemen!

An excelent guide for design-builders, June 1, 2001
Reviewer: Rafael L Medina "rafaelm@optinet.hn" (Tegucigalpa, MDC Honduras)
Design-Build: Planning through Development covers most aspects of this project delivery method and is an excellent source of information for all the parties involved in the design and construcion business. Owners, Contractors, CMs and Designers can benefit from this book by obtaining guidelines and good orientation of how and when implement D-B as an effective project delivery method that is getting more followers everywhere.

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