Design Management Guide - for the Design-Build Environment

Design-build has shown to be a superior method of product delivery. Knowing the roles of each "player" in the design-build process is the key to putting together a successful design-build management team.

This book discusses the role of  all of the team members along with the important role of the design manager -- the design-build team's "master integrator of the project team and contributes to the project success.

This guide is a handbook for putting together a design-build management team: practical suggestions - distilled from the experiences of facility owners, developers, and senior design and construction practitioners - and procedures that can be applied to any situation at hand.  While the guide is intended for design managers in design-build organizations, these principles may be applied equally to other project-delivery methods.

This guide is intended specifically for the design-build of "vertical" structures: buildings such as multi-family residential units, office buildings, high-rises, municipal buildings, places of worship, medical facilities, and schools.

The Design Management Guide compiles thoughts and best practices from many people through the design-build industry.  It is the result of three, in-person workshops, along with much consideration and discussion by the workshop participants. 

52 pp.