From the course: Construction Management: Project Delivery Methods

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Delivering the best value to the owner

Delivering the best value to the owner

From the course: Construction Management: Project Delivery Methods

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Delivering the best value to the owner

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- When choosing a project delivery method, a project owner really needs to consider their goals and their desired outcomes. They need to factor in things, like how involved they want to be in the process and how much control they want over that final design. They also need to weigh cost versus scope. Design-Bid-Build was always meant to take a completed set of drawings, put it out to bid, and get the lowest price. I've said several times that this is still the predominant delivery method in construction, but that doesn't mean that it's always the best method, or that it always works. Success really relies on complete, well-drafted plans and specifications. When the contractor submits a price based on plans and specs, and then finds out, later, that those plans and specs don't work, it sets up a conflict. The contractor may end up submitting a change order request based on faulty or lacking design documents, and that is not always going to sit well with the designer. So, the owner gets…

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