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How Do Design‐Bid‐Build and Design‐Build Differ?
Author(s) -
ShorneyDarby Holly
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2012.38.0078
Subject(s) - design–build , principal (computer security) , schedule , key (lock) , computer science , control (management) , quality (philosophy) , integrated project delivery , systems engineering , software engineering , engineering , project management , computer security , philosophy , civil engineering , epistemology , artificial intelligence , operating system
When a single source is responsible for design and construction of a project, the delivery method is termed design‐build (DB). A design‐builder has sole responsibility for a project's cost, schedule, quality, coordination, and control. That definition, however, fails to clearly convey the principal advantage of DB over traditional design‐bid‐build (DBB). This article provides some key questions to help you distinguish between DB and DBB and help you determine which is most advantageous for your utility.