This Board reflects the realities of today’s industry: increasingly complex projects, greater collaboration across ...

Rather than criticizing design itself, the report examines the structural flaw in the traditional architect-first model.

Big design-build infrastructure projects often turn out to be money-losers for design-build contractors, preventing contractors from covering their overhead, much less earning a profit, according to a ...

The recent passage of the infrastructure funding seems likely to lead to a significant influx in construction projects. Given the desire to get “work out on the street,” we anticipate that many owners ...

Terracotta Design Build is poised for growth. The award-winning firm, which was started in 2005 by architects and longtime collaborators Ili Hidalgo-Nilsson and Luly Bestard-Melarti, offers ...

In Sheffield Korte Joint Venture, ASBCA No. 62972, 23-1 BCA ¶ 38,417, aff’d, 2025 WL 1466934 (Fed. Cir. May 22, 2025),Sheffield (the design-builder) was awarded a contract with the United States Army ...

An insurer claims manager told a risk conference audience four years ago that “in case you’ve been on another planet, there have been hundreds of design-build lawsuits.” An ENR story headline in ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In the construction industry, design-build (DB) ventures ...

Early adopters in residential construction and design are using AI to manage project timelines, find better material pricing, and accelerate client approvals. But success ...

Architecture began as a practice of design and construction. The word itself is derived from the Greek architektōn, or “chief carpenter.” During the Pax Romana, Vitruvius described an architect as a ...

When Dana King founded her design-build firm in St. Louis, she did so with a clear purpose: to create a seamless, innovative, and client-centered remodeling process. Drawing on her experience as an ...