The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services offers authoritative knowledge and industry insight for architects that are considering entry into the beginning practices of design build project delivery. With extensive content provided by architects and other professionals within the field with expertise in risk management, ethics, law, finance and contracts, this is an invaluable text for contractors, attorneys and architects who are involved in designer-led projects.
This definitive resource addresses the rules that architects can assume during a design project build and also includes relevant topics such as leading the project, forming a joint venture with a contractor and acting as a subcontractor. 448 pages.
This text was developed by the AIA Design-Build Professional Interest Area and offers real-world expertise of 30 different industry leaders from the United States, Mexico and Canada who all share their expertise and know-how on such topics as:
- Rewards and risks of design build delivery.
- Starting out in design build.
- Succeeding with the design build practices.
- Design build education and courses.
- Essential information for practicing.
- Licensing laws and ethics.
The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services - Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Author Biographies
- Foreword
- Introduction to Design-Build
- Design Services in Design-Build
- The Architect as Contractor
- The RFP and Selection Process
- Design-Build Contracts
- Insurance and Bonding for Design-Build
- Managing the Project
- Design-Build on Government Projects
- Finance and Real Estate Development
- Residential Design-Build
- Legal Concerns in Design-Build
- Licensing Laws for Architects and Contractors
- International Design-Build
- Design-Build Education
- Appendix: To Chapter 4: AIA Position Statement Regarding Design-Build
- Appendix: To Chapter 12: State-by-State Requirements for Architects and Contractors
- Appendix: To Chapter 13: Guide for the Calculation of Remuneration for Design-Build Proposals
- Index
The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services
