Research

Once considered “an alternative form of project delivery,” design-build is now the fastest growing and most commonly used project delivery method in the United States. FMI projects design-build to represent over 47% of spending by 2028 and account for $1.1 trillion in construction spending nationwide over the next five years.

DBIA frequently collaborates with organizations on design-build performance research that helps professionals stay on top of trends and topics shaping our industry, including:

• 2024 FMI Design-Build Utilization Study
• 2023 Design-Build Data Sourcebook
• 2023 FMI Market Trends Research Report
• 2022 ACEC Design-Build State of Practice
• 2021 FMI Design-Build Utilization Combined Market Study
• 2021 NIBS Built Environment Social Equity Survey 
• 2018 Revisiting Project Delivery Performance, CII/Charles Pankow Foundation