Commercial and development
Design-Build Delivery for Commercial and Residential Projects
Design-build puts drawings and construction under one accountable party. That removes the most common source of change orders: a design nobody priced until it was too late to change. One design build contractor holding both halves removes the gap where a contractor blames the drawings and a designer blames the build.
What this covers
- Single-contract delivery
- Early cost modelling
- Constructability review
- Permit and construction under one team
- Guaranteed line-item budgets
How we run it
- 01
Validate
Program, budget and site tested together before drawings.
- 02
Design to budget
Cost model updated at every design milestone.
- 03
Permit
Approvals pursued while long-lead procurement starts.
- 04
Build
One team, one schedule, one line-item budget.
Questions people ask before hiring
Is design-build cheaper than design-bid-build?
Not always cheaper on paper, but usually cheaper in outcome. Design-bid-build can produce a sharper hard bid when scope is fully defined. Design-build tends to compress schedule and reduce the change orders that come from drawing gaps.
Which delivery method should I use?
We advise on delivery during feasibility rather than defaulting to one. Fully defined scope with no schedule pressure favours design-bid-build. Speed, complexity or an occupied building favours design-build.