D-B: The Misunderstood Project Delivery Process

摘要

Recently, I had an opportunity to discuss one of our D-B projects at the Design Build Institute of America's health care conference in Connecticut. I have been active in the D-B process since the mid-1980s, when I migrated from a traditional consulting engineer role to a single-source approach to the building infrastructure industry. Although I am a proponent of D-B, it is a project delivery method with a shadow cast over it from years of misuse. As a result, I intentionally avoid advocating the approach by name, instead using the term "teamwork." I believe in D-B for the partnership, the application and maximization of each participant's best skills, the ownership, and the win-win-win results. No other project delivery method draws upon these attributes, so let's assess each of their benefits.