The Power of Design-Build

Preface

This book hits the high points of the design–build project delivery approach. It aims to actuate the power inherent in the process. The content of the book represents the outcome of the author’s over two decades of practical experience and theoretical research and observation of the best practices and key pitfalls in the application of design–build in civil engineering projects. The book is designed to serve design–build academics and practitioners, the seasoned and the new to the process. It introduces an expert review of the key aspects of the design–build process at large, as well as an innovative design–build project management method, namely, the SAFEDB-methodology. The full benefit of the book is achieved by reading it as a whole; ...