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Winter 2011 How Washington State’s Department of Corrections made partnering work on a large design-build prison construction project By Jerry Winkler, AIA, NCARB Completed in 32 months, the $190 million […]

Winter 2011 A new UCSF research building overcame extensive site constraints to become an award-winning example of innovation and collaboration. When Michael Saks first saw the building site for a […]

Fall 2011 On Time, On Budget and Built for the Next 50 Years The Pentagon is the largest low-rise office building in the world, and its renovation was the most […]

Fall 2011 The Wayne N. Aspinall federal building and U.S. Courthouse, the nation’s first net-zero energy historic building, breaks new ground. The 92-year-old (and still fully functioning) Wayne N. Aspinall […]

Summer 2011 Design-build’s role in making Dr. King’s national memorial a reality. On August 28, 2011, the 48th anniversary of the momentous March on Washington, the Martin Luther King Jr. […]

Spring 2011 By G.M. “Mac” Brittingham, P.E. One of design-build’s key advantages is also one of its challenges. Design-build projects are commonly fast-tracked, appealing to owners, but that means practitioners […]