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ROSENDIN’S place our project partners in positions where they
DESIGN+BUILD
EVOLUTION
By Bill Mazzetti, Senior VP of Engineering
‘‘ When I left the family business in
2004, the primary motivation was my
belief that a greater involvement by the
constructors in the design process was
inevitable and that Design+Build was
the future of construction. One of my
mentors asked me how confident I was
in that opinion. My reply was simple. . .
I‘M BETTING MY CAREER ON IT.FF ‘‘
Rosendin has been involved in Design+Build
project delivery for over 40 years, well
before we consummated our ESOP in 2000.
Then, Design+Build was a straightforward
method, primarily focusing on the less
complex commercial projects such as
parking structures and corporate interiors.
One of Rosendin’s larger Design+Build
projects from the Dot Com era was the Sun
Microsystems Agnews’ campus. This was a
generation and two recessions ago! Since
then, Design+Build at Rosendin has evolved
significantly from that nascent beginning.
Our Design+Build work is heavily infused
with LEAN thinking. This allows us to
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BIM team generates a perfect feeder schedule and
can provide the most benefit. There is no doubt that
subsequently tracks the individual feeder’s installation
Design+Build is just one of several viable project
during the build. A truly amazing process!
delivery methods for our owners. Design+Build
offers the perfect confluence of delivering the owner
Rosendin’s BIM Team, led by Fred Meeske, and our
and consultant’s intent set in the context of how the Engineering team, led by Ron Wilson, have been
contractors should assemble the work, in complete
instrumental in this effort we refer to as InterOp.
cooperation, at the lowest cost, and in the quickest
manner possible.
In 2016, Rosendin delivered over $775M of
Design+Build construction. We are proud to
Rosendin’s LEAN Design+Build process is set to say that Rosendin delivers work in commercial
optimize project data flow, handling, and accuracy,
buildings, renewable energy, and technology. Our
leveraged by our considerable investment in Revit
internal project support has also evolved greatly, to
include industry-focused specialists, power system
technology. Today, we are continuing to innovate on
the design side of the house while integrating design,
integration, grid intertie work, and true EPC delivery.
modeling, purchasing, estimating, and scheduling
considerations into the preconstruction process. Today, our Design+Build teams have delivered
This offers our clients and project teams the most such projects as the Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles;
comprehensive launch into the build. several Facebook data centers across the nation; the
airport-wide technology and security upgrade for San
For example, we can design the power system, Francisco International; and the majority of Rosendin’s
have it communicate with power analysis software,
renewable building portfolio. In total, this amounts to
develop ductbank heating calcs, then transfer that billions of dollars of Design+Build construction over
information to the BIM team where they can complete the past 25 years delivered with a high degree of
the final feeder routing, and, finally, automatically
client satisfaction.
populate hangers and supports according to Code.
All of this data is then loaded into our iProcurement We are excited to see what we can accomplish in
the next 25 years!
system for the bills of materials. From there, the
Chaffey Colony High School
San Francisco International Airport
Prineville Data Center California Academy of Sciences
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