Coming Soon! Updated Handbook on Design-Build and Construction Management At Risk

In 2008, the WDBC published a handbook to help local and state decision-makers understand the basics of design-build. In the next couple months the Council will publish an updated version of the handbook to include Construction Management At Risk.

Upcoming Book: Design-Build Implementation for Water and Wastewater Projects

WDBC has teamed with AWWA and DBIA to write a book for utility and local elected officials on best practices implementing design-build projects specific to water and wastewater. Topics include permitting and regulatory issues, funding mechanisms, risk allocation, and process innovation.

Independent Comparative Evaluation of Design-Build versus Conventional Project Delivery for Municipal Water and Wastewater Facilities

In conjunction with a well-respected and experienced academic consortium, WDBC has undertaken a study on the performance of design-build versus conventional design-bid-build in municipal water and wastewater projects. The results of this evaluation should enable owners and stakeholders to evaluate alternative project delivery systems based on credible conclusions developed from a statistically significant data set of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects. If you are interested in reading the summary report, click here.

Water and Wastewater Design-Build Projects Can Accelerate the Effectiveness of the Economic Stimulus Package

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Congressional Budget Office estimate that a “gap” of hundreds of billions of dollars between current levels and needed levels of investment in our nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure. The Council is working aggressively to educate the new administration and Congress on the enormous need for investment in our nation’s aging water and wastewater systems. We are urging them to commit stimulus funds for water and wastewater projects and to specifically support design-build project delivery as a mechanism to accelerate those efforts.

WDBC Visits with Local Communities on the Benefits of Design-Build Project Delivery

As cities across the country face the challenge of overburdened and underfunded water and wastewater infrastructure, WDBC has developed a speakers’ bureau to help educate local decision-makers on the benefits of design-build project delivery: innovation, speed, improved quality control, and single-point accountability. If you are interested in learning more about how design-build might benefit your community, click here.

Activities
WDBC conducts a variety of activities designed to assist owners in realizing the full value of design-build. We describe on this page some of the activities in which the Council is currently engaged.