Designing a Difference: How to Win the Design/Build Game

Buckland and Taylor have been extremely successful recently in winning design/build competitions that the company enters. This article discusses the original guidelines for several of the bidding projects, the considerations a design/build construction team would need to address and a description of the winning designs. All the winning teams that Buckland and Taylor were one designed the project in partnership with the contractor or developer. Some of the construction projects mention include: Golden Ears Bridge near Vancouver, the Fort Nelson River Bridge in British Columbia, and the Arthur Ravanel Bridge over the Cooper River in Charleston, where Buckland and Taylor was a subcontractor.

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• Authors:
  • Buckland, Peter
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 30-34
• Serial:
  • Bridge Design & Engineering
  • Issue Number: 42
  • Publisher: Hemming Information Services
  • ISSN: 1359-7493
  • Serial URL: http://www.bridgeweb.com/Default.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bids; Bridge design; Contract administration; Contractors; Design build; Design teams; Subcontractors
• Identifier Terms: Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (South Carolina); Buckland and Taylor; Fort Nelson River Bridge; Golden Ears Bridge
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contract designs
• Geographic Terms: British Columbia; Charleston (South Carolina); Cooper River; Vancouver (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026643
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2006 8:11AM