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Balancing the Risks & Rewards of Underground and Trenchless Delivery Methods

Balancing the Risks & Rewards of Underground and Trenchless Delivery Methods

March 23, 2023 at 11:00 am 0 comments

By Steve Kramer Too few bidders. Bids above engineer’s estimates. Labor shortages. Material shortages and price increases. Delays in design or construction. Increasing claims or change orders. Do these events sound familiar? The underground construction business is impacted by continuing and new challenges. The linearRead More

Kentucky collection system project wins national design-build award

Kentucky collection system project wins national design-build award

November 12, 2019 at 10:22 am 0 comments

A Kentucky-based sewer collection system improvement project has been heralded by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) during its 2019 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition. The annual program promotes exceptional diversity in project size, sector and geography while celebrating the innovative and collaborative teams whoRead More

Figure 1: Risk can be reduced for water/wastewater projects by using the design-build project execution methodology. Copyright 2019 Tesco Controls, Inc.

Reducing Risk with Design-Build

February 25, 2019 at 9:53 am 0 comments

A design-build contractor is often in the best position to manage a project, so it should be assigned as much of the associated risk as possible. By Brian Adams Cost, schedule and performance risks need to be managed on all capital projects. The best wayRead More

Houston, San Jose Select CH2M as Design-Build Partner

Houston, San Jose Select CH2M as Design-Build Partner

June 19, 2016 at 5:11 pm 0 comments

The City of Houston, Texas, and the City of San Jose, Calif., each selected CH2M as its design-build partner for a major water project — the $1.2 billion Northeast Water Purification Plant Expansion (NEWPP) project and the $85 million Cogeneration Facility Project, respectively. “As oneRead More

A Look at Progressive Design-Build in the Water Sector

A Look at Progressive Design-Build in the Water Sector

June 4, 2013 at 12:00 am 0 comments

Design-build has been adopted by the water/wastewater industry at a fast and furious pace. Owners are not only impressed by the speed at which their projects are being delivered, but they enjoy contracting with highly-qualified design and construction teams that place a high value on innovation, quality and client relations.