Last Chance to Register for Atlanta DB Education Session
September 16, 2019 - Atlanta Regional Design-Build Delivery Education Session: Special Focus on Legal and Procurement Topics 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m. (lunch included) Hosted by City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management 72 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA 30303
This one-day inclusive education and training session for city and county officials; managers and staff of municipal, private, and governmental organizations; and private industry will provide essential knowledge needed to plan for, procure and manage design-build for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
Session topics include:
Legal and Other Topics in Deciding to Implement a Collaborative-Delivery Project presents key components of strategy, tactics, and implementation on what is required to build internal understanding and consensus about a project’s goals, priorities, and drivers, with special emphasis on the role and responsibilities of an owner advisor.
Principles and Best Practices of Collaborative Delivery describes the relationships of the core collaborative-delivery methods—construction management at-risk, progressive design-build, and fixed-price design-build—the differences as well as advantages and distinctions. Risk Management and Contracts addresses the areas of risk that are typical for water and wastewater projects: common project risks and allocation principles, managing risks, addressing liability and risk in the collaborative-delivery contract, contract commercial concepts, industry-standard contract forms, and cautions for consideration.
Conducting the Procurement Process describes the major steps in the procurement process from preparing the request for qualifications and request for proposals to selecting the design-builder or CMAR firm.
Managing and Implementing Collaborative-Delivery Projects focuses on core activities for three distinct areas. 1. Team Structure for Effective Collaborative Delivery 2. Developing a Collaborative Working Environment 3. Implementing a Project Management Plan
Getting to Project Completion and Transition provides a roadmap of activities essential to the success of the final project stages that allows all stakeholders to view the project with the most balanced risk profile and clear understanding of critical success factors.
Interested in hosting an education session of your own? Contact the WDBC office for more information.
Join an Upcoming Seminar on Collaborative Delivery
WDBC Participating in the Utilities of the Future Workshop, hosted by Ovivo, During WEFTEC 2019 Sunday, September 22, 2019, 5:30 p.m. Chicago, IL
WDBC Executive Director Mark Alpert will join a panel of industry experts to answer an essential question posed to water and wastewater practitioners: Do collaborative-delivery models offer the power to choose?
With the industry now in a paradigm shift – driven by owners’ project priorities fueled by opportunities to innovate and the ability to fast-track a project – the benefits of collaborative-delivery models are changing the way owners do business. This significant trend – using construction management at-risk (CMAR), progressive design-build (PDB), and more – affords owners the opportunity to have more decision-making power with less liability, as well as greater flexibility and transparency throughout the entire project, all of which are driven by the owners' project priorities.
While addressing the pros and cons of these delivery models, the panel will also define how each stakeholder can adapt and thrive in this new way of doing business.
WDBC is Partnering Bronze Sponsor for American Water Summit 2019: Leadership for a Sustainable America
November 12-14, 2019 Omni Houston Hotel Houston, TX
Bringing together the leaders from across the public and private sectors, the American Water Summit addresses the challenges facing water in America today. Each year these challenges get broader: climate change, demographic change, political change, economic change are all putting pressure on the way water works. But in these challenges there is an opportunity: Can water provide leadership for a sustainable America?
The American Water Summit gathers the most influential figures in water for two days of debate, networking, and decision-making at the highest level. It shapes the direction of the North American water sector and is the leading water business event in the region. The Summit gives you a seat at the table with key stakeholders as we discuss all of the major issues and developing circumstances in all areas of the water industry in North America, and how you can take advantage of them. Widely considered an essential calendar event for water industry executives, it is a truly unmissable event for anybody working within the North American water market.
Value Engineering’s Role in Collaborative Delivery
What is Value Engineering? Value engineering (VE) is a creative, systematic approach to providing the essential functions of a project at the best value. Successful VE results are achieved through an open, collaborative review of the project that considers life cycle costs, performance, quality, reliability, and safety. VE is one of the many benefits that collaborative-delivery methods such as CMAR, design-build, and progressive design-build offer to project owners.
Notice: New RFQ for City of Modesto SCADA Project
The City of Modesto is requesting statements of qualifications (SOQs) from design-build entities (DBEs) for fixed-price or progressive design-build services to replace the existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. The City of Modesto SCADA Upgrade Project is expected to be a multiyear project, which will be completed by the DBE, and possibly other consultants hired separately by the City to supplement the upgrade work.
The Water Design-Build Council stands ready to contribute its expertise, resources, innovation, and enthusiasm to the challenge of strengthening our water and wastewater infrastructure.
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