A procurement or project delivery arrangement whereby a single entity (a contractor with subconsultants, or team of contractors and engineers, often with subconsultants) is entrusted with both design and construction of a project. This contrasts with traditional procurement where one contract is bid for the design phase and then a second contract is bid for the construction phase of the project.
Design-Build is a project delivery method which combines architectural and engineering design services with construction performance under one contract agreement.
The entity contractually responsible for delivering project design and construction. The Design-Builder can assume several organizational structures, the four most common being a firm that possesses both design and construction resources in-house; a joint venture between designer and contractor; a contractor-led team with the designer in a subcontractor role; and a design-led team with the contractor in a subcontractor role.
A development approach in which the developer hires design professionals as well as all construction trades.
A system of contracting under which one entity performs both architecture/engineering and construction under one single contract.
Project delivery method in which the owner hires a single entity to perform both design and construction. Intermediate between design-build and design-bid-build is " bridging."
Design-build (or design/build, and abbreviated D-B or D/B accordingly) is a construction project delivery system used to reduce the project delivery time by overlapping the design phase and construction phase of a project.