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SAVE THE DATES: OCT 1 & OCT 12, 2018 - WATER DESIGN-BUILD EDUCATION SESSIONS

October 1, 2018, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Convention Center Marriott, New Orleans, LA

Special Collaborative Project Delivery Overview Session at WEFTEC - Open to all Conference Attendees - NO FEE

Hosted by Core & Main and Evoqua Water Technologies

October 12, 2018, 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Oasis Convention Center, Springfield, MO

Topics include:

Making the Decision to Pursue Collaborative Delivery: Influencing factors, use of an owner’s advisor, and project priorities/drivers
Principles of Collaborative Delivery Methods: Method-by-method discussion of each option
Apportioning Risk/Guiding Principles: Definitions, risk allocation shift from traditional DBB to collaborative delivery
Contract Fundamentals: Commercial concepts, cost of work, open book, price, pre-construction services, construction fees, shared savings, and incentives
Procurement Process for PDB, FPDB, CMAR: Best practices guide
Management and Transition: DB and CMAR management differences - commissioning/acceptance

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE UPDATED WATER AND WASTEWATER DESIGN-BUILD HANDBOOK?

The WDBC Technical Practices Committee has initiated the revision of the 2016 edition (4th) of the Water and Wastewater Design-Build Handbook. The updates identified at this time include the new procurement guides, contracts, and the owner’s advisor. WDBC wants to hear from industry owners about questions or topics you’d like to see addressed. Please send your comments to Linda Hanifin Bonner – lhanifin@waterdesignbuild.org

2019 EDUCATION SESSIONS NOW FORMING – PREPARE YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR DESIGN-BUILD

WDBC is now taking reservations for 2019 education sessions. If your utility or agency is ready to explore all the facets of design-build delivery in the water/wastewater sector, let us help you get started with our 1- or 1-1/2-day education session. We’ll bring everything to you – highly qualified instructors, copies of our Water and Wastewater Design-Build Handbook and workbook, FPDB, PDB, and CMAR procurement guides, and CEU certificates.

IS HIRING A CMAR AT THE 30% DESIGN MILESTONE REALLY A BEST PRACTICE? THE IMPACT TIMING HAS ON PROJECT SUCCESS

By Chris Anvik, McCarthy Building Companies

Being on a CMAR project is like being part of an Olympic 4 x 100 relay team. Similar to the way the countries select the fastest runners for their Olympic relay teams; as an owner you select the best design and construction teams in the industry for your project. But having the fastest runners or the best CMAR and design teams isn’t enough. All the relay runners must come together as a cohesive team and the most critical aspect of any relay race is the transition between runners. Runners must be in lock step; they must be able to adapt to each other’s speed, excitement, and timing to move the relay baton through each leg of the relay and win the race. The same holds true for a CMAR project team. As a project moves from conceptual design, detail design, construction, and finally start-up and commissioning, each handoff of the project baton must be seamless. What would happen if you waited to find your third and fourth runners until after the race had started? Undoubtedly, that would put your relay team at a major disadvantage.

WDBC E-NEWS – September 21, 2018

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