The Recipe for Design-Build Success
I’ve spent the last two years working with Falls Church City Public Schools and our design-build partner Stantec to design a new 21st century learning environment. Throughout this process I’ve learned that it’s more than just one secret ingredient that makes design-build delivery successful. Preparation As with any successful project,…
Read More- Nov 19, 2019
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Designing & Building: Scaling a Single Ecosystem for CDs and Model-Based Shop Drawings
In 2015, New England’s Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) team initiated a shop drawing requirement across every project with a scope volume number exceeding $30 million. The team instructed that all mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) trade contractors must use the design-to-fabrication processes of a single ecosystem to produce their model-based-shop-drawing-delivery…
Read More- Oct 15, 2019
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Insights from the Public-Private Partnership Conference & Expo
As the U.S. Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) market advances, public and private participants alike face a unique set of opportunities and challenges. In 2018, certain P3 sectors – including transportation and utility infrastructure – scaled quickly, while others, including social infrastructure, moved more deliberately. With the U.S. facing an increasing $4+…
Read More- Mar 12, 2019
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