The Department of Transportation in my home state of New Mexico is the latest to allow the design-build delivery method for highway projects. Although design-build had been approved in New Mexico on limited public projects, road and highway construction had been previously excluded. That changed on March 9, 2016, when Governor Susana Martinez signed into
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New Report: Half of Construction Industry Now Using BIM
By Matthew DeVries on
Posted in Building Information Modeling
Just a few days ago I wrote about how, like the World Cup soccer games, BIM presented a lot of excitement for many proponents. Turning to another competitive analogy, there continues to be many in the construction industry who simply refuse to go "all-in" with their poker chips. According to a recent McGraw-Hill Construction …
DBIA Tackles Design-Build Best Practices and Integrated Project Delivery
By Matthew DeVries on
Posted in Best Practices
Yesterday, the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) released three position statements that were approved during the April 19, 2010 meeting of its Board of Directors. According to its website, DBIA promotes the value of design-build project delivery systems and teaches the effective integration of design and construction services. DBIA’s position statements on these issues…