Posts for Archives: Project

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The project involved excavation for a 40-foot-below-grade structure; borings revealed problematical rock underlying the site. This required significant support of excavation design, which caused significant schedule impacts. The design-build team worked with the owner and used the efficiencies of design-build to re-evaluate the schedule, optimize sequencing, add resource, stack trades […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The initial planning for this project included site work to support a six-story addition and a 350-car parking ramp. The building was later reduced to four stories, but provisions for the future parking deck remain in the current site design as well as the built structure to support the future […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed Critical changes in this expansion plan required the team to utilize all the flexibility and efficiency design-build offers to ultimately deliver this successful project.  A change in vendors for the can-making equipment in this plant occurred just before the foundations were placed. The radically different design required that the forms be […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The challenges were delays caused by third-party suppliers – late delivery of the main transformers and installation delay of the load control system by Florida Power and Light and another caused by a pipeline subcontractor. The design-build team worked with the owner to make adjustments that compressed components of the […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed Originally, the University of Chicago planned for the residence hall and commons to be completed by Fall of 2017. After further evaluation, it was determined that the design-build process would allow for the design and construction phases to overlap, allowing the project to be completed an entire year ahead of […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The owner required expedited project delivery to exploit a small window of opportunity to cost-effectively satisfy a future consent decree requirement. Although the design phase tested the project team, the most difficult challenges were encountered and overcome with innovative solutions during the construction phase. Most of the necessary permitting agencies […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The owner desired to have greater control by being an involved and integral part of the design-build team through collaboration, communication and development of technical solutions. Throughout the development of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), the owner wanted to add scope to the project, and of course, each item added […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The key challenge to meeting the project’s goals was logistics. The high volume of bridges to be replaced across such a large geographic area (the average distance between bridges was 11 miles) created challenges not only in coordinating the design process with the overall schedule but also in materials handling […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed As the team studied the overall project schedule, it was apparent that this project would benefit by designing the project as one package rather than dividing the project into sections. Immediately, the design-build project manager and design manager developed a design submission schedule based on the construction start date. The […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed Because the project was equal parts structural retrofit, historic restoration and complete tenant improvement, design-build offered the optimal solution for all stakeholders. The team held multiple work sessions with individual user groups to capture their specific requirements. Those requirements were then vetted and priced to provide a complete financial picture […]