Guide to Equitable Risk Allocation in Design-Build Projects (A Pankow-ACEC Research Institute-DBIA Partnership)

Guide to Equitable Risk Allocation in Design-Build Projects

This research evaluates how alternative forms of Design-Build (DB) project delivery methods, such as progressive DB and the use of target pricing, address risk and insurance challenges for the engineering and design community. The goal of this research is to provide data driven guidance for owners regarding successful practices to implement alternative forms of DB.

Objective: The objective of this research is to provide owners and industry members with guidance to implement alternative forms of DB in an effort to reduce risk and insurance challenges in project delivery. The working hypothesis is that alternative forms of DB, such as those that use Qualification-Based Selection (QBS) and target pricing, can address the challenges that face owners and industry partners. This work will use rigorous research methods to collect firm and project data and evaluate the impact of alternative forms of DB. The outcome of this research will be guidance and recommendations to avoid significant claims and delays that are being experienced on large DB projects.

• Grant Details

  Project

  Guide to Equitable Risk Allocation in Design-Build Projects

  Category

  Project Delivery

  Subcategory

  Design Build

  Grant #

  #02-24

  Award Amount

  $200,000

  Grant Period

  1 June 2024 - 1 October 2026

  Grant Status

  Active

  Principal Investigators

  Keith Molenaar and Amelia Celoza (University of Colorado Boulder), Daphne Bryant (ACEC Research Institute)

  Industry Champions

  Joe Gildner (Executive Project Director, Sound Transit in Seattle), Joshua Chun (Director, Capital Projects Execution and Design Engineering, Leprino Foods), Matthew Girard (Group Head, Plenary Group), Greg Kelly (CEO, STV), Eric Ostfeld (President Design-Build, Michael Baker), Dana Pomeroy (National Director of Design-Build, Whiting-Turner), David Hatem, Partner, Donovan Hatem LLP), Donna Hunt (Assistant Vice President Designers & Contractors Professional Liability, Ironshore Insurance), Bryan Franz (Associate Professor, University of Florida), Carrie Sturts Dossick (Professor, University of Washington)

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