.... To address this, this study employed qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to investigate the configurational impact of critical criteria affecting the selection between design-bid-build (DBB) and design-build (DB). Design/methodology/approach Collecting data from 20 DBB cases and 20 DB cases in China...

...Vassiliki Demetracopoulou; William J. O'Brien; Nabeel Khwaja Purpose The choice of design-build (DB) or design-bid-build (DBB) as a project delivery method (PDM) is increasingly important in the infrastructure space as agencies gain authority to use alternative delivery methods and expand their DB...

...-build (DB), design-build-operate (DBO) and construction management-at-risk (CMAR). Design/methodology/approach Structured interviews were conducted with 18 executive decision-makers from public agencies to identify the reasons for transitioning to APD from the design-bid-build (DBB) method...

.... Mounir El Asmar can be contacted at: asmar@asu.edu 13 06 2019 29 09 2019 29 09 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Management Decision-support tool Water industry Design-build Project delivery method...

... to expand the understanding of the relationship of design-bid-build (DBB) and design-build (DB) performance with respect to change order rate, cost growth, and schedule growth. Design/methodology/approach The paper statistically analyzed 207 MEP projects. It investigates the relationship of project...

...Dai Q. Tran; Long Duy Nguyen; Allen Faught Purpose Design-Build (D-B) is a project delivery method in which the owner procures both design and construction services in the same contract from a single legal entity. There is limited research on how communication among parties influences the success...

...Wenxue Lu; YuanYuan Hua; SuJuan Zhang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the influencing factors of cost performance of design-bid-build (DBB) and design-build (DB) projects and comparing the differences of influencing factors between these two delivery methods. Design/methodology...

.... Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 2001 8 | 5/6, 355-367 Leveraging specialty-contractor knowledge in design-build organizations N. GIL*, I. D. T O M M E L E I N , R. L. KIRKENDALL & G. BALLARD§ *Construction, Engineering and Management Program, Civil and Environmental Engineering...

...’, ‘initiative’, ‘social skills’, ‘controllability’ and ‘commitment’. As part of a larger study on the selection of consultants by design‐build (DB) contractors in Singapore, a survey was conducted to gauge whether contractors felt that soft skills are important for consultants to carry out their design tasks...

... serves as a road map for the building industry to formalize its information flows, to integrate design for construction into its linear facility delivery process and to approach a more cyclical delivery process. Constructibility Design‐build Design for construction Integration Project delivery...