The Hopes and Fears of Design-Build
This method of project delivery tempts some architects with the role of master builder while threatening to put others on par with the trades.
This course is no longer active
Nancy B. Solomon, AIA
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Revenue Growth Projections
for Design/Build
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| |
|
Integrated
Design/Build |
Design
Services/
Consulting |
Construction |
| What
percentage of your firm's gross annual
revenue do you expect will be devived
from design/build projects in 3 years? |
Lower
Quartile |
50%
|
6%
|
30%
|
| Median |
70%
|
15%
|
40%
|
| Mean |
65%
|
20%
|
44%
|
| Upper
Quartile |
90%
|
25%
|
55%
|
| What
percentage of your firm's gross annual
revenue do you expect will be devived
from design/build projects in 5 years? |
Lower
Quartile |
50%
|
10%
|
35%
|
| Median |
75%
|
20%
|
50%
|
| Mean |
69%
|
24%
|
49%
|
| Upper
Quartile |
90%
|
25%
|
60%
|
| What
percentage of your firm's gross annual
revenue do you expect will be devived
from design/build projects in 10 years? |
Lower
Quartile |
65%
|
16%
|
35%
|
| Median |
80%
|
25%
|
50%
|
| Mean |
73%
|
29%
|
52%
|
| Upper
Quartile |
90%
|
50%
|
60%
|
|
|
|
Markets
for Design/Build
|
|
Category
|
All Work
|
Design/Build Work*
|
| Which
materials do firms serve, and in which
ones do firms use design/build as the
method of project delivery? (means) |
| Commercial |
23%
|
46%
|
| Industrial
plants, refineries, and warehouses |
14%
|
48%
|
| Medical
facilities |
13%
|
38%
|
| Schools,
libraries and museums |
10%
|
26%
|
| Environmental |
8%
|
27%
|
| Hotels/multifamily
residential |
7%
|
34%
|
| Other
public buildings |
4%
|
34%
|
| Roads,
bridges, mass transit, and rail |
4%
|
20%
|
| Parking
garages |
3%
|
44%
|
| Sports/recreation
|
3%
|
39%
|
| Airports |
2%
|
25%
|
| Power/communications |
2%
|
27%
|
| Heavy
marine construction |
0%
|
**
|
| Other |
5%
|
47%
|
|
* Percentage of work
in each market performed using design/build
**Based on a sample too small to yield
meaningful values
|
|
|
|
Growth Projections
|
| |
|
Integrated
Design/Build |
Design
Services/
Consulting |
Construction |
| In
the next 5 years, do you think the use
of design/build as a project delivery
method will ... |
Increase |
98%
|
65%
|
83%
|
| Remain
the same |
2%
|
31%
|
17%
|
| Decrease |
0%
|
4%
|
0%
|
| Do
you think there will be an increase
in the use of design/build in the public
sector within the next 5 years? |
Yes |
95%
|
73%
|
93%
|
| No |
2%
|
23%
|
7%
|
| Unspecified |
2%
|
4%
|
0%
|
| Note:
Due to rounding, percentages for some
questions do not total 100. |
|
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The survey excerpted above is the
2005 Design/Build Survey of Design & Construction
Firms. The data from this report were collected in November
and December of 2004. ZweigWhite Information Services
published the survey in partnership with the Design-Build
Institute of America (DBIA).
Originally published in Architectural Record.
Originally published in November 2005
