BEST PRACTICES

Some best practices applied by the Design-Build Team from the RFP through construction included: a. Included establishment of communication, lines of reporting and issue resolution methodology.

1. Utilization of Third-Party Criteria Professional and Advisor for the preparation of the RFP and during the execution of the contract.

2. Evaluation of proposals and selection process with clear basis of award and scoring.

3. Balanced contract language.

4. Partnering & Planning Workshop as part of the Notice to Proceed.

5. Promotion of collaboration and shared development of teaming philosophy.

6. Collocation of design and construction team during design.

7. Continuous value engineering.

8. Collocation of owner, contractor, criteria professional, and architect during construction.

9. Knowledge Sharing – active log of lessons learned, identifying 58 separate items which have been documented and shared amongst the entire team.