Design-Build Project Delivery: Managing the Building Process from Proposal Through Construction - Rilegato

Levy, Sidney M.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0071461574 ISBN 13: 9780071461573

Casa editrice: McGraw Hill, 2006

Riassunto

Design-build is widely recognised as the most profitable method of project delivery for non-residential construction

Design-Build Project Delivery offers real-world examples and advice from a wide variety of industry experts on every aspect of design-build project delivery. Complete with checklists and forms, this is the most practical and comprehensive resource on design-build project delivery available.

Key features

Advantages and disadvantages of design-build: where, when and how to use it

How to define roles, create a design-build team, and market design-build services

The cost estimating process

Contracts and bonding and insurance issues

Phased proposals and competitive bidding

Project management methods

Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Sidney M. Levy (Baltimore, Maryland) is an independent construction industry consultant with more than 30 years in the industry. He is the author of numerous books on construction methods and operations.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

UNDERSTAND EVERY STEP OF THE DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS FOR THE MOST PROFITABLE PROJECT DELIVERY POSSIBLE

Being able to offer the design-build method of project delivery is now a necessity for any professional involved in nonresidential construction. Written by an author with more than four decades in the field and enriched by examples and advice from a wide variety of industry experts, Design-Build Project Delivery covers every essential aspect of the process -- from determining how, when, and where to use it, to proposals, bids, and contracts including the valuable checklists and forms.

Turn to the most practical and comprehensive resource on design-build for a thorough understanding of:

• The advantages and disadvantages of design-build: where, when, and how to use it
• Developing a design-build capability
• How to define roles and assemble a design-build team
• Marketing design-build services in the private and public sectors
• The cost-estimating process
• Contracts, bonding, and insurance issues
• Green buildings -- their time has come
• Project management methods
• The CM approach to design-build
• Building information modeling

Complete with practical, real-world techniques and valuable case studies, Design-Build Project Delivery provides the hands-on guidance you need to stay competitive -- and profitable -- by offering design-build services.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw Hill
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071461574
• ISBN 13: 9780071461573
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 372