Masonry Magazine January 2008 Page. 50
Design Build
The key component to design build is that, since everyone is on your team, there is much less red tape and much less paperwork. Every team has its own layer. - Steve Ziolkowski, Director of Business Development, Ziolkowski Construction, Inc.
Other team members' efforts are continually monitored and encouraged by the lead in the design-build project, keeping everyone in-the-know and on schedule. "There is a real advantage in not having so many people fighting against each other and creating havoc," says Steve Ziolkowski, director of business development for Ziolkowski Construction Inc. in South Bend, Ind.
On board for the initial design and project estimate phases are the architect, engineer and design teams for mechanical, electric and HVAC aspects, says Ziolkowski, who serves on the board of directors for the Great Lakes Chapter of the DBIA.
"The major benefit to this is they do the design work," Ziolkowski says. "The key component to design build is that, since everyone is on your team, there is much less red tape and much less paperwork. Every team has its own layer." He notes that the general contractor typically runs the show on a design-build project, with masonry, landscape and other specialties contracted.
Masonry contractors, he adds, are hand-selected, but sometimes chosen through a bid process - a process most try to stay away from when using the design-build method. Additionally, the general contractor maintains responsibility for risk management issues on the jobsite, and every team has an attorney on board.
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