"Harder, better, faster, stronger" could be the saying of design-build. This form of project delivery allows a property owner to contract with one entity to design and construct a building. Proponents say there are many advantages to the method. Design-build is best known for achieving greater efficiency — and ensuring cost savings — over traditional design-bid-build. In another comparison, advocates claim that the design-build method protects clients from translating between separately contracted design and construction service providers. Ohio-based architect Marika Snider adds that integrating stakeholders in this way can also have positive financial effects: “I find that design-build is a great way to build because we have knowledge of both budget and construction costs from the project’s beginning.” The chorus of enthusiastic voices is increasing, as well, with design-build gains in the nonresidential construction market, according to the Design-Build Institute of America. And anecdotal evidence suggests that that growth is beginning to take place in residential architecture. Twenty percent of the work performed by Snider’s eponymous firm is residential, for example, and is entirely design-build. The upward trend in residential design-build also gained a boost when the American Institute of Architects added the A145 to its family of AIA Contract ... , Architizer Editors, read more http://ift.tt/1LdTMTF
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