Design-Build Growing, Study Finds

 
WASHINGTON — A new study analyzing the design-build project delivery method in the United States shows it was used, on average, in more than 40 percent of non-residential construction projects in 2010.
 
The study, which was commissioned by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) and conducted by RSMeans Reed Construction Data Market Intelligence, shows slightly more than 40 percent of market share for design-build, with a

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Q&A: Erin Rae Hoffer, Autodesk Manager

HofferBuilding information modeling, a technology that allows architects, engineers and contractors to create integrated, three-dimensional digital design documents, is at once a catalyst for tremendous change within the design/construction community and a source of confusion among design professionals and project owners.

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Oncologists Gain Independence With Adaptive Reuse Project

The conversion of a former office building into a new cancer center resulted from a disagreement between hospital officials and a group of St. Louis oncologists. The doctors and the officials had differing views on patient and physician needs within the cancer care environment, so the oncologists opened their own facility in a former Citicorp space.

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