Data, Architectural Engineering, and Designing a Better Future
Design-Build: Everything That Was Old Is New Again
What is a construction “gigaproject,” beyond an amped-up marketing term for the comparatively modest “megaprojects”? Think initiatives with expenses of well over $1 billion and time periods of well over five years. Think...more
It is not uncommon for issues to arise when the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Proposal is submitted to the owner by a Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) or Design Builder (DB). Usually, such issues can be worked out to the...more
A foreign owner contracting with a Japanese construction company to build facilities in Japan, whether a hotel, a manufacturing facility, a process plant or otherwise, faces a number of challenges....more
The owner’s rights to use project design documents can be overlooked during contract drafting and negotiation. Standard form design contracts, however, often contain design document terms that weigh heavily in the architect’s...more