The Alternative Delivery Syllabus
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The Alternative Delivery Syllabus
To make your venture into the world of alternative delivery successful, it is vital that you and your team do the homework up front.
Begin the development of your first alternative delivery project by building a strong foundation of knowledge. Identify the specific benefits that alternative delivery can offer you, consider all the angles, and unlock the value of engineer and contractor collaboration. Go to the head of the class with these 7 resources.

The Municipal Water and Wastewater Design-Build Handbook, 3rd Edition from the Water Design-Build Council. This guide has been developed for owners of water and wastewater projects by a consortium of industry experts, with a focus on clear and digestible analysis of the options available to municipal owners. Prominent forms of alternative delivery, from construction manager at risk (CMAR) to lump-sum and progressive design-build (DB) and design-build-operate (DBO) are all included and discussed in detail. The handbook provides detailed guides to procurement, risk management, and project management. It’s a must-read for any student of alternative delivery.

Design-Build Done Right: Best Practices from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA). DBIA is the premier organization facilitating communication between owners and design-builders, and their best practices are an invaluable read if you’re starting your DB education. The best practices documents focus on approaches that are both universal enough to be broadly applicable and important enough to directly affect project performance.

Progressive Design-Build Procurement Guide from the Water Design-Build Council. We highly recommend progressive DB to owners trying design-build for the first time. But the paradigm shift from traditional design-bid-build to progressive DB can be complex, and it’s important to ace the procurement process. This five-volume guide walks you through the procurement process and provides model RFPs and RFQs. Don’t leave home without it.
Resource Revolution by Stefan Heck, Matt Rogers and Paul Carroll. While you’re filling up your reading list with informative tomes, don’t forget to add a little inspiration, too. This little wonder is a 282-page motivational speech about turning the challenges that owners and operators wrestle with – soaring demand, price pressures and resource scarcity – into big opportunities. Assign this as required reading for all of your team members to make sure they are thinking creatively by utilizing collaborative project delivery to make your game-changing project successful.