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WRITTEN BY: Mike Kenig
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POSTED: November 30, 2009 1:42 PM
Article: Building Capital Projects in Tough Times
There has been quite a bit of discussion about this being "a good time to be a buyer of construction." This article, from an Owner's perspective, articulates many of the points that many are thinking about trying to determine if now is the time to low bid their projects.
The key points I take away from this article are:- As an owner, if you have a project that can benefit from fast tracking or collaboration, you don't have to th ...
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WRITTEN BY: Mike Kenig
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POSTED: November 09, 2009 12:33 PM
Research sponsored by Pankow Foundation and DBIA shows that CM at-Risk is the most successful delivery method when measuring the number of projects that met or exceeded the original sustainability goal:
Using the metric of what percentage of projects achieved either their original LEED goal or higher, CM at-Risk was highest at 94% (Design-Build was 82% and Low Bid was 77%) and
Looking at the other way around, measuring the number of projects that came in LOWER than their original est ...
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WRITTEN BY: Mike Kenig
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POSTED: November 05, 2009 2:31 PM
When someone says, "design-build" you have to stop them and ask, "Which Design-Build? Which selection type?"
Everyone talks about Design-Build as if it is the same "delivery approach" regardless of how you do it. Though there are probably infinite ways you could do Design-Build, it is my experience that you can generally categorize it based on the selection type you use when you go about the final selection of your Design-Builder.
The four selection types ...