Design-Build Manual of Practice

Title:  DBIA Manual of Practice (DBIA MOP)

Published by the Design Build Institute of America, www.dbia.org

An excellent reference manual for owners and practitioners about all aspects of design-build practice:

"The Design-Build Manual of Practice is an authoritative guidebook about single-source responsibility contracting, consisting of narrative instructions, procedural guidance, sample formats and best practices recommendations. The purpose of the compendium is to provide a comprehensive reference manual for Owners and Practitioners about all aspects of design-build practice. The publication includes basic definitions, selection procedures, project execution checkpoints, tenets of professional ethics, risk management guidelines, contract formats, licensure data and regulatory and legal information.  The Manual of Practice is available for download for DBIA members.  Each chapter is also available separately."

Design-Build Introduction

Design-Build Definitions

DBIA Code of Professional Conduct 

Legislative Guide for Alternative Project Delivery Methods (APDMs)

Enactment and Application of the Model Design-Build Procurement Act

Model Regulation for Design-Build Procurement Act (Best Value Process) 

Competitive Acquisition of Design-Build Services

Utilizing Negotiated Selection

Federal Design-Build Source Selection

Developing Performance-Based Requirements for Design-Build Projects

Contract Incentives and Design-Build Acquisition 

The Proposal Process: Responding to RFQs and RFPs

Design-Build Teaming Agreement Guide

Selecting Specialty Contractors

Design-Build Insurance and Bonding Guide

* Please note that many of the post-award chapters contain information that is pertinent to the project team’s work in the pre-award phase. 

Executing the Design-Build Project

Design Management for the Design-Build Environment

BIM and Design-Build Project Delivery

BIM Checklist (available to all)

Value Engineering in Design-Build: A Value Management Approach