Traditionally, the church will first hire an architecture firm to prepare the drawings and specifications. Then it will choose a contractor by competitive bidding, usually accepting the contractor with the best price (though, many times, the lowest bid is still well over the church's budget). This is referred to as the design-bid-build (DBB) approach.The article mentions some of the problems with DBB and presents the following, which I found interesting:
The writer then summarizes the benefits of design-build.
The article closes with the following advice:
Of course, to realize these benefits, it is important to hire the right design-builder. Make sure your contractor has the necessary church-building experience.We couldn't agree more.
1 comment:
Framing the discussion as design/build verses design/bid/build is a critical error, and deceptive to your potential clients. These are not the only two construction delivery methods. A construction management approach provides the benefits of design/build and avoids the pitfalls of design/bid/build without having to place all the power in the hands of the design builder and eliminating the ever important system of checks and balances. A more prudent post would discuss all three of these delivery methods, not frame the issue in such a way that only your preferred delivery method will prove superior.
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