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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

Specifications originally intended for design bid-build (DBB) projects require significant revisions to be suitable for design-build or integrated project delivery (IPD). SPECIFICATIONS. by Kevin O’Beirne, PE, FCSI, CCS, CCCA. AIA’s design-build documents are used largely on vertical construction projects.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: After Upturn, Architecture Billings Fall Again

PSMJ Resources

However, residential and institutional firms once again reported a decline. Residential is up 46.4 —7-person firm in the West, residential specialization. Some projects already under contract have been slow to get the owner to agree to finalize and send out to bid. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Construction jobs, spending show little 1- or.

PSMJ Resources

and 0.7%, respectively; residential building, 0.6% and 0.6%; residential specialty trade contractors, 1.0% Census lowered its estimates for August and July by $13 billion and $15 billion, respectively, mainly because it reduced estimates for residential improvements. Private residential construction edged up 0.9%