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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Design-Bid-Build"”.
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Delay-caused claims in infrastructure projects under design-bid-build delivery systems
… The study was limited to projects where the design-bid-build (DBB) delivery system was used. The study investigated the driving factors that give rise to claims, such as the extent to which delays affect them; how other parameters affect them; how the methods to estimate and analyze cost and …
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Linking Best-Value Procurement with Project Performance Outcomes in Design-Bid-Build Vertical Construction Projects
… price is the sole criterion in traditional low-bid procurement. BV has been used extensively by owners in the past few decades, with the goal of selecting the best-suited contractor for a specific project. But little research has been conducted that justifies the use of BV procurement within the …
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The relationship between alternative project approaches, integration, and performance
This work compares the performance of traditional design-bid-build projects with alternative approaches. It verifies that partnered, design-build, and combination projects offer significant advantages in cost growth, schedule growth, modifications, and design deficiencies.
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Integrated project delivery: a normative model for value creation in complex military medical projects
… of all relevant stakeholders throughout the design and construction process of a given project. The owner, designer, builder, and user integrate people, systems, business structures and practices into a project team to optimize collective value creation while maintaining balance of individual …
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Development of a decision-support tool for TxDOT delivery methods selection
… infrastructure projects, besides the traditional Design-Bid-Build (DBB) approach, have been implemented by private and public sectors since the last decades. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is not the exception, and the fact that TxDOT has available alternatives for delivering its …
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Project delivery and planning strategies for public owners
… implement other delivery methods in addition to design-bid-build. In order for the government to effectively use project delivery as a variable, the role of government in the capital planning process will need to be redefined. This thesis examines the capital planning process used by public …
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A handbook for improving real estate project delivery in Malaysia : analysis, comparison and selecting the best method
… the most common form is the traditional design-bid-build method. The design-build method is getting some acceptance of late, whereas infrastructure projects do adopt the build-operate-transfer method. This thesis seeks to classify, analyze and compare the various types of delivery methods …
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Assessing the rise of Design-Build-Finance Delivery in Transportation Infrastructure
… have emerged to address the limitations of Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build-Finance (DBF) has surfaced more recently. Although DBF has gained prominence in the past decade, research pertaining to this method is limited. Consequently, this research investigated the use of DBF for the delivery …
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Investigation into the effects of project delivery methods on LEED targets
<p>Due to the environmental impacts of buildings and the increased demand for sustainable construction, it is essential that the construction industry can effectively deliver green buildings. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) created the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) …
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The relationship between procurment duration and design-build success in transportation projects
… interested in developing new strategies for the design and construction of transportation projects. As a result, they are adopting more integrated process. Projects that previously used separate steps and parties may now be included in a single Design-Build system. When making a decision between …
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Does training matter? : construction quality for a new start transit system : the case of Tren Urbano
… an area with limited on-island experience in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of such a technologically sophisticated transit system. The motivating question for this thesis is, does training matter for construction quality? The research findings of this thesis show that the …
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A framework for implementation of IPD principles in oil & gas projects
… can be traced to problems originating in the design phase. This phase is typically carried out by experienced design consultants, followed by tendering and then execution, involving large construction organisations. Project delivery methods in the sector vary, with 57% using Design-Bid-Build, …
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The role of public private partnership in highwayinfrastructure development and sustainability in Nigeria
… procured and maintained usingthe traditional Design, Bid Build (DBB) method. The procurement method and fundingmechanism appeared not to have produced the desired result of timely and cost effectiveproject outcome nor good quality and sustainable road network. This study set out toinvestigate …