Benefits and Pitfalls of Government Design-Build Project Delivery

The federal regulations and procurement framework for design-build project delivery concerning direct government procurements, and indirect federal projects where the government provides funding but does not procure the construction, has been in place for the past twenty-two years (The Clinger-Cohen Act passed in 1996, part of Federal Acquisition Regulation at subpart 36.300 et seq.).  Design-build delivery can provide a streamlined project to federal agencies at many times better value than a design-bid-build delivery.