Design-Build Project Delivery: Managing the Building Process from Proposal Through Construction - Hardcover

Levy, Sidney M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071461574 ISBN 13: 9780071461573

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2006

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Design-build is widely recognized as the most profitable method of project delivery for non-residential construction. Design-Build Project Delivery offers real-world examples and advice from a wide variety of industry experts on every aspect of design-build project delivery. Complete with checklists and forms, this is the most practical and comprehensive resource on design-build project delivery available.

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UNDERSTAND EVERY STEP OF THE DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS FOR THE MOST PROFITABLE PROJECT DELIVERY POSSIBLE

Being able to offer the design-build method of project delivery is now a necessity for any professional involved in nonresidential construction. Written by an author with more than four decades in the field and enriched by examples and advice from a wide variety of industry experts, Design-Build Project Delivery covers every essential aspect of the process -- from determining how, when, and where to use it, to proposals, bids, and contracts including the valuable checklists and forms.

Turn to the most practical and comprehensive resource on design-build for a thorough understanding of:

• The advantages and disadvantages of design-build: where, when, and how to use it
• Developing a design-build capability
• How to define roles and assemble a design-build team
• Marketing design-build services in the private and public sectors
• The cost-estimating process
• Contracts, bonding, and insurance issues
• Green buildings -- their time has come
• Project management methods
• The CM approach to design-build
• Building information modeling

Complete with practical, real-world techniques and valuable case studies, Design-Build Project Delivery provides the hands-on guidance you need to stay competitive -- and profitable -- by offering design-build services.

About the Author

Sidney M. Levy is a construction consultant with more than 40 years' experience in the industry. The author of 15 previous books, including several devoted to international construction and the award-winning Project Management in Construction, Mr. Levy is the owner of a construction consulting firm in Baltimore, Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071461574
• ISBN 13: 9780071461573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372