The Performance Of The Design Build Alternative Delivery Approach In Military Construction
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Author | : Allan Lee Webster |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
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The U.S. construction industry is highly competitive, as well as fragmented. Despite this, construction has a significant impact on the U.S. economy. In 1994, the National Science and Technology Council estimated that the industry provided over 10 million jobs and produced $850 billion in project revenues (new construction and renovation) or approximately 13% of the gross domestic product (Wright, 1995). Unfortunately, the industry has been in a long downward slide and has only recently begun to recover. The problems of the U.S. construction industry in previous decades have been well documented, discussed and analyzed. Historically, the construction industry is slow to change (Schriener, 1995). In recent decades, the fluctuation in the building market, specialization, dissatisfaction with the traditional design-bid-build process, rising costs, schedule delays, demands for higher quality and increasing litigation have forced those in the construction industry to adapt or be driven out of business. Additionally, owners who do not tolerate poor quality and high costs within their own firm cannot and will not tolerate poor business practices within the construction industry. A quote from a 1983 study by the Business Roundtable perhaps best sums up the problems of the construction industry: 'Owners, who pay the bills, no longer get their money's worth for construction in the United States' (p. 3). Alternate delivery/contracting methods, modernization, value engineering, partnering and more aggressive management practices have come to the forefront as the construction industry attempts to counter its decline. For example, the design-build delivery approach has fast become an accepted project methodology. The U.S. Department of Commerce predicts that design-build will account for half of all nonresidential U.S. construction by 2001 (Rosenbaum 1995).
Author | : Allan Lee Webster |
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Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : Darren Russell Hale |
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Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Administration and Management |
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This thesis project compares the performance of a homogeneous sample of United States Navy Bachelor Enlisted Quarters built using the Military Construction process. Projects will be broken into two sub-samples of design/bid/build and design/build projects to see if one project delivery method is superior in regards to time and cost. Project duration, project duration per bed, project time growth, cost growth and cost per bed will be statistically compared. Upon completion of the analysis the hypothesis that design/build projects are superior to design/bid/build projects in regards to time and cost will be tested.
Author | : Kathleen Richardson |
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Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Construction projects |
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Design Build is rapidly becoming one of the most commonly used project delivery methods in the construction industry. The United States Corp of Engineers (USACE) has started implementing its own version of Design Build with the introduction of Military Transformation in April 2005. Per the Department of the Army (2008) Military Transformation is a term employed by the Corps to implement the use of alternate project delivery method as a means of achieving best value. The United States Air Force (AF) and the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) are expected to establish a target of 75% of all future Military Construction Projects (MILCONs) executed when using the Design Build method. The use of this delivery method results in significant changes to the relationships between the various parties associated with facility project delivery compared to the traditional Design Bid Build method. AFRC construction project procedures and requirements must also change.
Author | : Darren Dwayne McWhirt |
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Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2007 |
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Finally, statistical analysis demonstrated that no significant difference existed in design-build performance based on the type of facility being constructed. This result indicates that the design-build project delivery method will work equally well on all types of military construction projects.
Author | : Pekka Pakkala |
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Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Infrastructure (Economics) |
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Author | : Thomas R. Napier |
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Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Construction industry |
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Total Pages | : 101 |
Release | : 1989 |
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In recent years, Air Force senior Leadership has become concerned with the use of the conventional design-bid-construct acquisition process for Military Construction Program (MILCON) projects. The process is slow and often very expensive. In an effort to improve the MILCON process, the Air Force has been testing the design/build acquisition method. This case study examines the design/build method used by three private sector contracting firms, and looks at the results of the application of the design/build method to two Air Force MILCON projects. The research objectives were to study the steps involved in the design/build methods used in the private sector and compare them to the method used by the Air Force and to determine if the method was effective if reducing the time and costs required for MILCON projects. The results showed that the design/build method used by private sector firms is effective in reducing the time required to construct a facility. However, the cost of constructing a facility using design/build can actually be higher than if it were built using the conventional method.
Author | : Barry B. Bramble |
Publisher | : Aspen Publishers |
Total Pages | : 1030 |
Release | : 2010-10 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0735592861 |
Contracts can be your first line of defense against delays. But they have tobe drafted very carefully. Construction Delay Claims gives youan in-depth analysis of all the pertinent clauses and details what they canand can't do to minimize delays and avoid litigation.Construction Delay Claims, Fourth Edition, by Barry B. Brambleand Michael T. Callahan is written for everyone involved with delay and impactconstruction claims--the most common form of disputes in the constructionindustry. You'll find that this resource presents the most thorough, detailedreview of delay claims liability available, including a complete descriptionof the entire process for filing and pursuing claims along with more than1,950 cases and analyses.Construction Delay Claims gives you the information you need todetermine your best course of action. The book presents detailed knowledgedrawn from the authors' thirty-five years of experience in the industry.You'll learn how to anticipate delays and mitigate damages through the use ofadvanced planning and immediate responses by the parties involved. You'll alsoreceive helpful instructions about the best use of construction schedules toavert delays, or to prove their impact if they do occur.Construction Delay Claims keeps you completely up-to-date withthe changes in the construction industry, and the construction litigationprocess. Coverage includes:Effective ways to challenge a claimant's use of the Total Cost Method ofCalculationThe effectiveness of "no damages for delay" clausesThe use of ADR methods to resolve delay claimsThe meaning and implication of concurrent delaysCumulative impact effect of multiple change ordersThe impact and probability of delays in design-build, construction management,and multiple prime contractingLatest research into the effect and measurement of lost productivityThe most recent assessments of how states are applying the Eichleayformula
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
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Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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