How to Choose a Design-Build Firm: Criteria You Can Verify
Compare design-build firms with an interview evidence matrix: verify licenses with local boards, check team roles, compare proposals and spot contract red flags.
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Design-Build
Two guides cover the single design-build contract and the forms to review before signing.
They explain the architect’s role, price components and the owner decisions already in those articles.
5 guides in this topic.
Design-Build Process: From Brief to Handover
Follow the design-build process from brief to handover with an owner decision table: inputs, approvals, open issues, price commitments and release conditions.
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Delegated Design vs Design Assist: Responsibility Guide
Separate delegated design, design-assist and design-build. Use a responsibility matrix to record criteria, calculations, submittals and review duties.
Read guide Design-Build Contracts: Forms and Checklist
Match AIA, DBIA and ConsensusDocs design-build forms to the right parties, check older document numbers, and prepare a contract review record before signing.
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What Is Design-Build? An Owner's Guide
What design-build means, who the architect works for, what drives its cost, when the price becomes firm, and the trade-offs owners should weigh.
Read guideCompare delivery methods to weigh design control and pricing; understand progressive design-build to review team selection and later price agreement.