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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
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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?
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