Design-Build: Planning Through Development (Hardcover)

by Jeffrey L. Beard (Author), Edward C. Wundram (Author), Michael C. Loulakis (Author) "The design and construction industry in North America, and those parts of the industry focused on buildings and civil infrastructure projects in particular, is a..." (more)
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Product Description
Definitive guide to mastering Design-Build

Design-Build (D-B) -- the project delivery system in which one firm contracts to provide all of the architectural, engineering, and construction services on a project -- is expected to dominate the market by the year 2005. Studded with illustrative case histories, Design-Build: Planning Through Development, by Jeffrey Beard, Michael Loulakis, Esq., and Edward Wundram, is the first book to cover every legal, technical, and administrative aspect of Design-Build. Whether you're a design or construction professional or an owner, this authoritative and up-to-date manual gives you the across-the-board, real-world answers you need for timely, glitch-free, and cost-effective projects. You get expert architectural and engineering advice on:

*Procuring services
*Developing RFQs and RFPs
*Organizing and managing contracts
*Estimating
*Allocating risks
* Obtaining insurance and bonding
* Much more

From the Back Cover
The first book to cover every aspect of design-build-legal, technical, and administrative. This authoritative and up-to-date manual gives design and construction professionals and owners real-world, across-the-board answers needed for timely, glitch-free, and cost-effective project delivery. Dominant by the Year 2005. Expected to dominate the market by the year 2005, this increasingly popular system, where one firm takes responsibility for all architectural, engineering, and construction services on a project, offers many advantages-and some new challenges. This book helps you realize all the system's benefits and shows how to smoothly handle new requirements. Design-Build Answers You Can Use. Studded with illustrative case histories and written by leading experts, this book gives you a brief, informative history of design-build methodology, then provides authoritative and comprehensive guidance on: New roles of project participants; Procuring services; Developing RFQs and RFPs; Organizing and managing contracts; Conceptual estimating; Allocating risk; Obtaining insurance and bonding; Cost-effective solutions for each phase of project delivery; And more. This handbook is certain to become an essential design and construction industry tool, the definitive source of design-build answers far into the next century.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 543 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (April 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070063117
• ISBN-13: 978-0070063112
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,605 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal resource, May 1, 2002

By A Customer

I am a public owner and find this book to be one of the most complete and easy to understand discussions of the design-build process that I have seen. Beard, Loulakis and Wundram are well-known industry experts and all active in the Design-Build Institute of America. They bring their years of practical experience to their writings and have a strong sense of reality. I particularly found the contract and liability chapters written by Loulakis to be very helpful. I also enjoy the other books written by Loulakis, particularly "Design-Build Lessons Learned," (2001 Edition), which has the most up-to-date analysis of design-build caselaw and is a great resource to keep up to date with this subject. I'm anxiously awaiting to see if the authors decide to come out with another book in the near future. Keep up the good work, gentlemen!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excelent guide for design-builders, June 1, 2001

By	Rafael L Medina "[e-mail]" (Tegucigalpa, MDC Honduras) - See all my reviews

Design-Build: Planning through Development covers most aspects of this project delivery method and is an excellent source of information for all the parties involved in the design and construcion business. Owners, Contractors, CMs and Designers can benefit from this book by obtaining guidelines and good orientation of how and when implement D-B as an effective project delivery method that is getting more followers everywhere.