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DESIGN-BUILD//BEST PRACTICES Design-Build Best Practices: A Conversation with Michael Loulakis and Diana Hoag DESIGN-BUILD DONE RIGHT BEST DESIGN-BUILD PRACTICES Industry Wide Practices DESIGN-BUILD DONE RIGHT | 1 Michael Loulakis Diana Hoag 14 winter//2014 AS DESIGN-BUILD EXPANDS across all sectors of the construction industry, DBIA recognizes the need to define more clearly the concept of DesignBuild Done Right and ensure that all participants in the design-build process understand the key elements that significantly enhance the chances of superior project outcomes. This year, Michael Loulakis, Esq., DBIA, president and CEO of Capital Project Strategies, LLC, and a member of DBIA's Design-Build Certification Board, and Diana Hoag, DBIA, senior consultant of Xcelsi Group and a member of DBIA's board of directors, are leading DBIA's effort to update our best practices document. We recently sat down with them to discuss the creation of this document and see what kind of insights they had to share. The practices identified in the DBIA DesignBuild Best Practices document have two basic characteristics. First, they are written in a way that is intended to be universal in applicability, spanning any type of design-build project-whether public or private, vertical or horizontal, large or small. Second, they are important enough to directly affect project performance. DBI A has stated these practices with the intent that their application be as broad as possible. For example, one could reasonably conclude that in a two-phase procurement process, the best practice is not simply identifying that the owner use a short list, but that the short list should be limited to three bidding firms. However, others could reasonably conclude that short-listing four to five firms might be the best practice for certain types of projects. It should be noted that the term "best practices" itself implies an evolving process. As new technology emerges and more design-build projects provide more lessons, DBIA Design-Build Best Practices must be updated to reflect that. As such, DBIA fully expects that the concepts expressed here will be refined and modified over time. In addition, recognizing the real-world differences among the design-build market sectors (e.g., water/ wastewater, transportation, federal projects), DBIA will develop and implement specific tools to apply these higher-level, universal best practices most effectively within our community of design-build market sectors. What prompted the creation of this document? Why now? Diana Hoag: This initiative is largely the result of t he 2013-2015 st rategic planning undertaken by DBIA leadership last year. DBIA renewed its commitment to promoting and promulgating Design-Build Done Right. DBIA Design-Build Best Practices are the most direct means of communicating what "done right" means to the industry and owners. The creation of this document is a natural next step to ensure we deliver the message completely and concisely. What prompted you to put out a call to the industry for feedback? How has the response been so far? How will it shape the next version of the document? Michael Loulakis: We conducted broad outreach within the DBIA community to develop the first draft of the best practices document. We then believed it was very important to reach out to other industry associations to hear their views. The response has been excellent both in terms of the number of associations providing responses as well as the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of the responses. While we are still in the evaluation process, it is clear that the industry has largely agreed with the views expressed in DBIA's document. However, they have also provided some constructive ideas on how we can make the final product even more valuable. What challenges do you foresee in the adoption, acceptance and implementation of the new best practices? the quarterly publication of the design-build institute of america

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IQ Winter 2014

leadership reflections
legislative update
project of the year
DBIA survey
design-build best practices
design winners
nationalo design-build student competition

IQ Winter 2014

IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 1)
IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 2)
IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 3)
IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 4)
IQ Winter 2014 - leadership reflections (Page 5)
IQ Winter 2014 - leadership reflections (Page 6)
IQ Winter 2014 - legislative update (Page 7)
IQ Winter 2014 - project of the year (Page 8)
IQ Winter 2014 - project of the year (Page 9)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 10)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 11)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 12)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 13)
IQ Winter 2014 - design-build best practices (Page 14)
IQ Winter 2014 - design-build best practices (Page 15)
IQ Winter 2014 - design-build best practices (Page 16)
IQ Winter 2014 - design winners (Page 17)
IQ Winter 2014 - design winners (Page 18)
IQ Winter 2014 - design winners (Page 19)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 20)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 21)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 22)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 23)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 24)
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