The Power of Design-Build: A Guide to Effective Design-Build Project Delivery Using the SAFEDB-Methodology (Project Management Collection)

Design-build is a powerful project delivery approach. Actuating such power however requires special expertise and know-how, and is indeed a trade secret. This is what this book all about. It provides Design-Builders with a tool to manage the Design-Build process effectively and maximize results. This is achieved through an innovative and scientifically validated methodology for delivering Design-Build projects in a safe and controlled manner, namely, the SAFEDB-methodology. The breakthrough methodology acts as a Design Build power actuator running in parallel to the standard Design Build project management effort to enable reaping the full benefit of the Design Build approach and implementing Design Build projects in an effective, safe and controlled manner. The SAFEDB-Methodology is introduced and explained in detail in the book. It consists of three components that can be applied in full or in part or in any combination. The book is organized to provide the readers with actionable skills that can be applied in real-world business situations. Moreover, it can be used in a variety of ways: as a primer on the Design-Build project delivery approach; as a reference on the project management process; and as a link to PMI project management model. These uses are in addition to the book's primary purpose, which is to provide readers with a source to learn about cutting edge Design-Build best practices and tricks of the trade for various types of civil engineering endeavors and projects. The audience for this book includes design-build project managers; project teams; project planners; project and construction management faculty and students; contractors; designers; and executives and decision makers in the construction design-build industry Design-build is a powerful project delivery approach. Actuating such power, however, requires special skill and know-how, and is indeed a trade secret. This is what this book is all about. It provides the design-build professionals and academics with critical design-build knowledge and know-how, as well as with a practical and academically validated innovative design-build methodology, namely, the SAFEDB-methodology. The SAFEDB-methodology consists of three key components, namely, develop design-build solutions, fast-track design-build activities, and control design-build progress. The first component is concerned with evaluating candidate design-build options and selecting the most effective design-build solution. The second component looks deep into overlapping design and construction activities and introduces an effective overlapping strategy enabling maximum safe schedule compression. The third and last methodology component focuses on enhancing the design-build schedule reliability by taking into account potential schedule branching and inadvertent rework loops in a structured and proactive manner. The book is designed to provide the reader with actionable skills that can be applied in real-world business situations. It presents the SAFEDB-methodology in a clear, practical, and step-by-step manner, providing practical examples for the application of the methodology in real-life projects. It also provides a review of the design-build history, how to shape the design-build team, guidelines to winning the design-build competition, connection to the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide (PMBOK® Guide) project management model, in addition to cutting-edge design-build best practices and tricks of the trade for various civil engineering applications and project situations Design-build is a powerful project delivery approach. But how to actuate such power and deliver the design-build promise? This is what this book is all about. It provides the reader with cutting-edge knowledge, know-how, techniques, trade secrets, and best practices to deliver design-build projects in a safe and controlled manner. It covers the entire design-build process— from building the design-build team and winning the designbuild tender competition, to project management, selecting the best design-build solution, and the sound planning of designbuild activities. To this end, the book introduces a totally new and innovative design-build planning methodology, namely, the SAFEDB-methodology. The SAFEDB-methodology consists of three key components: develop design-build solutions, fast-tack design-build activities, and control design-build work progress. The first component is concerned with evaluating candidate design-build options and selecting the most effective design-build solution. The second component looks deep into overlapping design and construction activities and introduces an effective overlapping strategy enabling maximum safe schedule compression. The last methodology component focuses on enhancing the design-build schedule reliability by taking into account potential schedule branching and rework loops in a structured and proactive manner. A range of real-world practical examples of the methodology application are provided for clarity and immediate use by the readers. The book is meant for the design-build contractors, designers, and owners; for the professionals and the academics, those new to the design-build arena or the seasoned design-builders.

Design-build is a powerful project delivery approach. But howto actuate such power and deliver the design-build promise?This is what this book is all about. It provides the reader withcutting-edge knowledge, know-how, techniques, trade secrets, and best practices to deliver design-build projects in a safe andcontrolled manner. It covers the entire design-build process—from building the design-build team and winning the designbuildtender competition, to project management, selecting thebest design-build solution, and the sound planning of designbuildactivities. To this end, the book introduces a totally newand innovative design-build planning methodology, namely, theSAFEDB-methodology.The SAFEDB-methodology consists of three key components: develop design-build solutions, fast-tack design-build activities, and control design-build work progress. The first component isconcerned with evaluating candidate design-build options andselecting the most effective design-build solution. The secondcomponent looks deep into overlapping design and constructionactivities and introduces an effective overlapping strategyenabling maximum safe schedule compression. The last methodologycomponent focuses on enhancing the design-build schedulereliability by taking into account potential schedule branchingand rework loops in a structured and proactive manner. A rangeof real-world practical examples of the methodology applicationare provided for clarity and immediate use by the readers.The book is meant for the design-build contractors, designers, and owners; for the professionals and the academics, those newto the design-build arena or the seasoned design-builders.

Content: Part I. Introduction to design-build: process definition, design-build project management, and design-build best practices and success strategies -- 1. Design-build: the pathway from vision to reality -- 2. Project management in design-build projects -- 3. Design-build best practices and success strategies -- Part II. The SAFEDB-methodology: methodology overview and description -- 4. About the SAFEDB-methodology -- 5. The first SAFEDB-methodology component: develop design-build solutions -- 6. The second SAFEDB-methodology component: fast-track design-build activities -- 7. The third SAFEDB-methodology component: control design-build work progress -- Part III. The SAFEDB-methodology: methodology application example and case study -- 8. Application of the SAFEDB-methodology -- 9. A full scale SAFEDB-methodology application example -- References -- Index.