CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 The growth of design-build can be attributed, in part, to the flexibility of design-build, but also to the rapid emergence of Progressive Design-Build (PDB). Over the past two years, we’ve seen increased interest in the use of PDB as demonstrated by numerous states either allowing PDB via interpretation of existing legislation or enactment of legislation specifically addressing PDB. Owners are employing PDB at a continually increasing rate, with recent FMI research revealing that stakeholders in the Pacific census region indicated 40% of design-build projects are procured using a progressive approach. Add to this the fact that over the last decade, infrastructure projects have grown larger, more complex and with increased risk, and you’ll find that Owners and design-build teams are turning to PDB to mitigate cost and schedule risks.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 In 2023, the Charles Pankow Foundation released the Design-Builder's Guide to Design Management - an updated guidebook to assist design-builders with the design management process. This updated guide was the work of a group of subject-matter-experts (SMEs) in design-build delivery, from around the U.S. and from a variety of market sectors, including the highway sector. Comprised of owners, designers, contractors, and specialty trades, these SMEs worked alongside an academic team with faculty from the University of Florida, Iowa State University, and the University of New Mexico. The result was the main guidebook and a series of smaller playbooks, including The Design-Builder's Guide to Design Management: A Playbook for the Highway Sector. This presentation will explain the process they followed to update the guide and provide an overview of the new content related to the highway sector. Following the presentation, we will lead a panel discussion with a select group of SMEs involved in the delivery of transportation projects to explain their experience with the guide and its relevance to their work.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 In Washington State’s Central Puget Sound Region, Sound Transit and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) are partnering to deliver high-capacity transit (HCT) along Interstate highway 405 (I-405) using the Design-Build method of project delivery. Establishing this partnership is a significant contribution to the region’s transportation and transit goals; implementing HCT in this corridor east of Lake Washington is part of WSDOT’s I-405 Master Plan and Sound Transit’s long-range plan. With the creation of Sound Transit’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Program in 2017, WSDOT’s and Sound Transit’s respective programs spent several years discussing each agency’s individual projects, goals, schedules, funding sources, stakeholder obligations, typical delivery methods and agency cultures. The result has been the identification of four distinct joint design-build projects and a high-performing dual agency team that is implementing these projects. This presentation will describe our journey through this partnership and the resulting projects. We will discuss our early engagement as a nascent Sound Transit BRT program had to quickly sync up with a long-standing and rapidly moving WSDOT I-405 program leading to the first set of BRT platform requirements in WSDOT’s design-build requests for proposals (RFPs).

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 After nearly two decades of planning, design and construction, the Opportunity Corridor is complete. This new 3.5-mile, multi-modal, urban boulevard has improved access and mobility within the area and is supporting Cleveland’s redevelopment efforts within historically underserved, economically depressed neighborhoods. These turn-of-the-century neighborhoods have been in economic decline since the 1970s, leaving the area spotted with abandonment, brownfields, illegal dumping. The collaborative project was guided by a broad-based steering committee. With early identification that primary project impacts would be specifically to environmental justice populations, ODOT embarked on program of extensive outreach during planning and continued these efforts throughout all phases. ODOT used innovative methods to ensure that the project was effectively communicated to the impacted communities and that local concerns were addressed. This presentation will focus on the efforts that were utilized, including development of a voluntary residential relocation assistance program; use of Environmental Justice Mitigation measures; use of Value-based Design-Build delivery to leverage unprecedented levels of diversity, inclusion, workforce development and business expansion; a unique funding approach that allowed these non-federally eligible items to be incorporated into the project. The presentation will also highlight some of the design and construction challenges, before and after conditions, and redevelopment efforts underway.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 Implementing a successful risk management program is fundamental to alternative delivery project success. As many firms and agencies are finding they need to manage more work with less experienced staff than in the past, they are looking to find new and more efficient ways to manage risk on their projects and programs. Michigan DOT (MDOT) recognized the need to do more with less, which resulted in formalizing its risk management program through the development of an all-in-one risk management toolkit with a suite of tools designed to be easily adaptable for use by other agencies and scalable for different projects and programs. The toolkit provides PMs with everything they need to manage, control, and communicate risks better and make more informed decisions while gaining greater cost and schedule certainty on their projects. This session is intended to provide an overview of the workbook, its tools and resources, demonstrating how the implementation of a revitalized risk management program has helped the state gain better understanding of costs, schedules and resources on their alternative delivery program.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 Using an FHWA grant CDOT executed a Best Value based Design-Build delivery to replace 17 rural bridges expeditiously and economically in Colorado. The Best Value scoring model emphasized scope, price, delivery time and public convenience and included a robust ATC process. Through strong collaboration, six approved ATCs and innovative designs, the winning design-build team provided the lowest price and shortest delivery time while minimizing public inconvenience. A high degree of collaboration was maintained throughout the project, supporting the design and construction of multiple structures concurrently, including revised designs to better align with existing site conditions and constraints and reduced project costs. As a result, the project realized tangible savings; Original Proposal Upset Amount was $43.4M, after mutually agreed Deductive COs, the final contract value is $42.3M, with a planned schedule completion 22 weeks ahead of the original. The innovative designs are likely to be beneficial for future rural bridge projects. This mid-size Design-Build project demonstrated how a joint venture of two small construction companies relying on building relationships, customer satisfaction and quality work can deliver a successful Design-Build project. The success of the project also highlights the processes and benefits of a well-executed rural bridge bundle Design-Build project.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 Amid the scope of monumental airport projects, we will delve into the realm of scalability possibilities for regional airports. This panel will discover how regional airports can glean insights from triumphs in design-build approaches and harness these methodologies to orchestrate triumphant project outcomes. At the forefront of design-build innovation stands the San Francisco International Airport, a pioneering force in design-build. Learn how the Hensel Phelps/Gensler Design-Build Team took lessons learned from industry leaders and applied them on a smaller, yet no less important, scale at Eagle County Regional Airport in Gypsum, CO. This session not only draws parallels, but also dissects the disparities in design-build tools in the context of project and team size, examining challenges in scaling team communications, stakeholder engagement throughout design and construction, and right-sizing temporary construction to maintain passenger flow and experience. This panel will examine the many successful strategies deployed on the $1.65 billion SFO Harvey Milk Terminal 1 project and the $32 million Eagle County Regional Airport New Concourse project.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 The $314 million Route 7 Corridor Improvements project completed the challenging widening of 7 miles of arterial roadway featuring complex right of way and utility coordination, intense stakeholder collaboration, and public outreach through this highly developed urban corridor in Fairfax County, VA. Acquisition of right-of-way and easements from 236 private properties and accommodations for 20 utility companies, including a concurrent $200 million Washington Gas transmission line project, presented unique challenges for the Owner. Design-build project delivery was selected to accelerate completion and manage project risks utilizing best practices for Design-Build Done Right®. The panel, comprising an Owner, design-builder and lead designer representatives, will discuss challenges and lessons learned, including risk mitigation strategies during the procurement and execution phases, the Owner’s role in managing stakeholder expectations and public outreach, and the design-builder’s challenges delivering a complex project within a constrained and developed corridor with intense public interest and significant portions of the schedule controlled by third-party stakeholders. This topic is relevant for Owners' and practitioners' understanding of the collaboration among the team and with third parties necessary to mitigate third-party project risks associated with right-of-way acquisition and utility coordination and relocations.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 The BNA Terminal Lobby and International Arrivals Facility is a $436 million progressive design-build project nearing its completion after five years of design and construction after the team renovated and expanded the central core of the airport while keeping it fully operational. As final turnover approached, the team has reflected on the design-build methodology and how the approach made this project a success. This presentation will provide lessons learned from planning, design and construction and outline why design-build was the best delivery method for this project. We'll discuss how the iconic airwave and long-span roof improved the architectural design and reduced cost and schedule. The team will provide insight into how it kept the airport terminal, roadway and airfield operational and safe throughout construction. We'll deep dive into how design-build enabled the team to overcome numerous challenges, such as the pandemic, hurricane winds and a fabricator who had to be replaced midway through construction.

CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2026 The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is a tri-jurisdictional organization that operates transit service in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. WMATA provides rapid transit, fixed-route bus service and paratransit services for eligible customers whose disability prevents them from using bus or rail. In 2019 WMATA looked to design-build to renovate an inefficient eight-floor, 1960s building into an11-story, high-performance mixed-use building. The goals of the project were three-fold: to engage with the neighborhood; to elevate WMATA’s employees’ office experience, and to authentically translate the transit mission to the workplace. Fast-forward to 2022, and you’ll see how this transit system met these goals and more. This award-winning design-build project has been recognized for numerous honors including Excellence in Renovation/Restoration, Best in Architectural Design, Meaningful DEI Practices, and special recognition as DBIA’s Chair’s award for its impact to the community, stewardship to the environment and extraordinary accomplishments in diversity, equity and inclusion. Representatives from the design-build team, including WMATA, will discuss why design-build was selected and proved beneficial for the team and the project, key elements of team dynamics that led to such extraordinary project success, and lessons learned that others could use to leverage similar success.