In today’s ultra-competitive construction industry, design-build teams are seeing success that contractors alone typically are not finding. The advantage to this model is in its simplified operating plan of streamlined communication, control and speed without sacrificing quality.
Leveraging the whole firm under a single contract drastically reduces the odds of things going wrong since the build is under one group. Compared to potentially playing a game of Telephone between designer, architect and contractor, collaboration is much easier under design-build. Aligning the whole process under one team keeps projects on schedule and budget, regardless of weather concerns or unpredicted factors.
By assimilating all components of the project together, issues drift from blaming whoever did it to finding solutions collectively. The quality improves under one banner compared to different small teams trying to each get their cut. Involving contractors from the get-go allows them to have an early understanding of the project with a stake in it.
When contractors are working in design-build groups, they reliably see greater success as part of a network. Being able to lean into the strengths of a team rather than face falling behind alone is what makes design-build so successful.
