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Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) considered traditional delivery options but decided that the design-build model was a perfect fit for this project because design-build did several things: it allowed fast-track delivery of the new bridge replacing a vulnerable structure, it allowed greater innovation and potential cost savings to […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The owner chose the design-build project delivery primarily to meet the short schedule required to qualify for federal American Recovery and Reconstruction Act (ARRA) funding, intended to create near-term jobs. Additional reasons included achieving a lower bid, reducing cost over-runs and reducing construction time over-runs. Summary The Veterans Memorial Bridge […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed Poseidon Water used the Fixed Price Design-Build delivery model to ensure financial viability of the project and provide performance-based guarantees on water quality, quantity, power consumption and chemical usage while also delivering a drought-proof, reliable water source to drought-stricken Southern California in the shortest possible timeframe. Summary The $583-million Carlsbad […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed The Owner saw three main challenges with this project: The only delivery method that could possibly accomplish those goals was design-build. Summary The Clifton Water District selected the Carollo Design-Build Group to help them add a new Microfiltration/Ultrafiltration system to their water treatment plant. Carollo used an “open platform” design […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed To address long-term drought conditions and solve water supply challenges for two California cities, the Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project highlights how design-build delivery achieved significant capital savings, cost certainty, and 20 years of guaranteed water treatment and operations staff for the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency. Summary A regional project helping […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed As the most complex element of the ASR Program, the Surface Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and River Intake was on a critical path. With eight other design-bid-build construction packages totaling nearly $150 million intersecting with the WTP, the city chose an integrated design-build approach to best combine allocated risk, improve […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed Liberty had been outsourcing treatment since the 1980’s. Increasing and unpredictable outsourcing costs proved to be unsustainable. Liberty quickly determined that building their own treatment facilities would save users nearly a million dollars each year over the next 30 years. To maximize those savings and maintain user rates, they needed […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed FDOT has extensive experience using the design-build delivery method and FDOT District 2 has helped champion many complex projects using a two-phased, best value selection process. Design-build was selected as the preferred project delivery method primarily as a way to fast-track project delivery and the nature of the work. FDOT […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed TxDOT chose design-build delivery to capture these benefits: Summary TxDOT needed to rapidly replace two Interstate bridges over the Trinity River in downtown Dallas and ease traffic congestion, while keeping half a million vehicles daily moving. PLC and WSP/AECOM deployed a complex plan to maintain traffic flow, while building most […]

Challenge Design-Build Project Delivery Addressed CTDOT carefully considered the chosen project for its first design-build project. It had to be complex enough to promote the innovation that design-build propagates, yet it was uncharted territory when it came to road and bridge building in Connecticut. The Route 8 Bridgeport Project, situated between I-95 and the Merritt […]