Tag: design-build
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Project Delivery Methods
An owner weighing design-bid-build vs design-build is choosing between price competition after full design and one team accountable for both design and construction. Choose design-bid-build for design control and public procurement; design-build for speed and fewer contracts. This comparison sits inside the wider sequence described in our guide to architecture and building project phases. The…
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Architecture and Building Projects
Phase What it produces or decides Planning use Pre-design (programming) The foundation of the project, before any layout is drawn Settle what the building must do before paying for drawings; weak briefs cause rework later. Schematic design Basic floor plans, site plans and elevations Test layout and massing while changes are still cheap to draw.…