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DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS STEPS
The design-build process can be broken down into the project is still in the design phase. Ultimately,
five main steps: team selection, project planning, it will depend on your specific project and your
design, GMP/bidding, and construction. For the goals.
most part, these steps will happen sequentially, but
not necessarily independent of one another. The Each step in the process will typically include the
project planning, design, and bidding phases may following:
overlap. Construction may kick off while some of
1. Team Selection
During the team selection phase, the owner will Regardless, these teams will band together
choose the firms that will make up their design- contractually to form your design-build team. The
build team. This often includes the builder, success of the entire project will be their goal,
architect, and engineers. as opposed to the success of just their area of
expertise. This motivates them to work together
Depending on the owner’s preference, they will from the start, looking at the big-picture success of
either select one firm who will then choose the the project.
other members of the design-build team, or the
owner will play an active role in the selection of all
the firms that make up the team.
2. Project Planning
Once the design-build team is assembled, they’ll the project’s site and any existing structures or
begin to plan out the project. They’ll match up utilities located on the site, and they’ll look for
your vision and goals for the project with your potential challenges so they can prepare and plan
budget, and develop preliminary drawings, accordingly.
cost analyses, and schedules. They’ll analyze
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