P3 Virtual Water Summit this week! New research study underway. WDBC members earn DBIA professional certification. Read our latest blog.
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WDBC E-NEWS – July 7, 2020
Issue Highlights
P3 Water Summit - Join Us Virtually July 8-10, 2020
WDBC Launches New Research Study
Blog Feature - The Art and Science of Digital Delivery
Member News - WDBC Members Earn DBIA Professional Certification
P3 Water Summit - Join the Virtual Conference this Week!
Virtual Event Features:
50+ Live Sessions Over Three Days
Concurrent Roundtables and Panels with Q&A
All Sessions Recorded for Follow-Up Review
Digital Presentations Available for Download
Whitepapers, Checklists, and Project Guides Included
One-On-One and Group Meeting Capabilities
Collateral Information Sharing
Live Chatting Options: In Sessions and Lounge Areas
Connect with Attendees or Group Network
Digital Event Guide & P3 Next Step Resources Provided
Exhibit Hall with Interactive Booths
Join WDBC Executive Director Mark Alpert & Brown and Caldwell VP Leofwin Clark for The Emerging Growth of Progressive Design-Build Delivery and What it Means for P3 Projects
Thursday, July 9, 2020, 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm EST - Virtual Session 3
In the past decade, resulting economic conditions and technical changes in the water and wastewater sector, along with increased demands for public and industrial water and wastewater services, have opened new avenues to infrastructure projects using a public-private partnership (P3) model. Today's P3s offer innovative approaches to financing and facility ownership. Progressive design-build and P3 projects include large-scale or complex storage, conveyance, and treatment facilities for water and wastewater, residuals, energy recovery, water reuse, and stormwater management that offer a variety of public benefits.
As in other sectors (e.g., transportation and social infrastructure), water sector P3s are built on the strengths of design-build delivery methods while affording owners innovative approaches to risk management and lifecycle costs. These attributes, which are embedded in these delivery models, address the unique characteristics of water projects that require a high degree of collaboration throughout the planning, financing, management, and operations and maintenance stages. Subsequently, it goes without saying that because of the complex structure of P3 projects, including legal, commercial, financial, and technical components, owners or organizations pursuing a P3 project must embrace collaboration in order to achieve a successful conclusion.
This session presents the most recent research conducted by the Water Design-Build Council on the growth of collaborative-delivery models – why owners are pursuing them – especially the preference for progressive design-build, and a look at a potential delivery method defined as progressive P3. WDBC’s research data identifies the growth trends and the market drivers behind them. It concludes with a hypothesis as to how the use of a progressive P3 model in the industry may receive favorable acceptance.
WDBC’s Launches New Research Initiative – Collaborative-Delivery Project Experience: Successes and Challenges
The Water Design-Build Council is excited to announce that our newest research effort, led by Dr. Ken Rubin of Rubin Mallows Worldwide and Dr. Mike Sessions of Brigham Young University - Idaho, is underway.
Executives from approximately 30 water/wastewater facilities of all sizes will be interviewed and asked the following lead question: “What makes a collaborative-delivery project successful and what challenges are encountered?” Data gleaned from this work will help develop new best practices as well as refine existing best practices for the procurement, management, oversight, and delivery of collaborative-delivery projects. Preliminary results from the first phase of this initiative are anticipated to be available at the end of the year with a presentation to the WDBC Board of Directors in December. Stay tuned for more updates on this valuable research effort.
To see our library of past research reports click here.
Digital tools are the bread and butter of construction management, used to track schedules, budgets, checklists, daily journals, RFIs, etc. About 25 years ago, design engineers began a wholesale conversion from 2D flat drawings to 3D digital design tools. The benefits of converting to 3D included clash detection, electronic tracking of bits and parts for an electronic equipment and materials inventory, and easier owner visualization.
Congratulations to WDBC'S Class of 2020 Certified DBIA Professionals
DBIA certification is the nation’s only measurable standard of an individual’s knowledge of the Design-Build Done Right® principles vital to successful project delivery. By completing these requirements, which touch on all aspects of design-build, candidates earn the right to display “DBIA” after their names, identifying them to design-build end-users and the industry at large as experienced design-build professionals. We congratulate two of our latest members to have achieved this goal:
Stantec Senior VP and WDBC 2nd VP/Treasurer Mike Watson, PE, DBIA, draws on the global resources and talents of the company to create high-performing design teams who partner with contractors and developers to successfully deliver design-build and P3 water and wastewater treatment, water resources, and conveyance projects across North America. He specializes in team-building, strategic pursuits, risk management, claim management and negotiations, and executive engagement.
Crossland Heavy Contractors' Director of Pre-Construction Services Ryan Adler, DBIA, is an advisor member of the WDBC. At Crossland, his involvement over the last decade includes project engineering, project management, and managing pre-construction of municipal and industrial water projects. Ryan has championed the collaborative-delivery effort at Crossland Heavy; his focus is on the success of each client he works with. Ryan has served a two-year term as the DBIA Ozark Chapter President.
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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