Preparing for design-build projects : a primer for owners, engineers, and contractors /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gransberg, Douglas D.
Corporate Author:	Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors:	Koch, James A., Molenaar, Keith R. (Keith Robert)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2006]
Subjects:	Building > Superintendence. Buildings > Specifications. Contractors' operations. Contractors'' operations. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General. Buildings. Electronic books. Specifications.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""ONE: INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTING""; ""Design-Build: What and Why""; ""Historical Perspective""; ""Why Use Design-Build?""; ""Design-Build Success Factors""; ""References""; ""TWO: DEVELOPING DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT SCOPE""; ""Design-Build Project Characteristics""; ""Influencing the Development of Design-Build Project Scope""; ""Design-Build Contract Model""; ""Formalizing Project Scope""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""THREE: WRITING DESIGN-BUILD PERFORMANCE CRITERIA""; ""Owner Objectives""
""Performance Criteria Development""""Management Criteria""; ""Schedule Criteria""; ""Technical Criteria""; ""Cost Criteria""; ""Using Abductive Reasoning to Write Performance Criteria""; ""Design Risk Allocation through Performance Criteria""; ""References""; ""FOUR: PREPARING DESIGN-BUILD REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS OR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS""; ""Design-Build Risk Types""; ""Applied Risk Management in Design-Build""; ""Contracting Strategy""; ""Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposal Content""; ""Request for Proposal Components""
""Design-Build Request for Proposal Contract Clause Considerations""""Design-Build Award Events""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""FIVE: DESIGN-BUILD REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL CASE STUDIES""; ""Case 5-1: To Spec or Not to Specâß?Is That the Question?""; ""Case 5-2: Keep Looking Until You Find the Right Answer""; ""Case 5-3: All the Right Moves""; ""Case 5-4: Trust Me. I Know This Will Work""; ""Summary""; ""SIX: SELECTION PROCESS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS/REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS EVALUATION PLANNING""; ""Award Methods""; ""Selection and Award Processes""; ""Comparison of Methods""
""Evaluation Criteria""""Scoring/Rating Systems""; ""The Rating Process""; ""Evaluation Documentation""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""SEVEN: DESIGN-BUILD PROPOSAL EVALUATION CASE STUDIES""; ""Case 7-1: Let Me Really Strut My Stuff""; ""Case 7-2: Making a Passing Grade""; ""Case 7-3: A Bracing Thought""; ""Case 7-4: Bait and Switch?""; ""Case 7-5: Defending the System""; ""Summary""; ""EIGHT: PREPARING DESIGN-BUILD PROPOSALS""; ""Design-Build Proposal Preparation Sequence""; ""Proposal Preparation by the General Contractor""; ""Proposal Preparation by the Designer-of-Record""
""Preparing the Price Proposal""""Closure of the Proposal Preparation Process""; ""Summary""; ""NINE: SUMMARY OF DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTING""; ""Design-Build Basic Concepts""; ""The Future of Design-Build""; ""Reference""; ""Appendix 1: A Design-Builder's Perspective on the Design-Build Request for Proposal Process in the Transportation Industry""; ""Appendix 2: A Design-Builderâß?s Perspective on the Design-Build Request for Proposal Process in the Building Construction Industry""; ""Appendix 3: Sample Design-Build Contract Documents""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""