Does Design‐Build Always Expedite Project Delivery: Insights from SCDOT’s Historical Data from the Past Decade

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is interested in providing research assistance to improve the Department’s current design-build delivery method for highway transportation projects. Evaluation measures for effectively selecting suitable projects for the design-build model to deliver optimal results have not been fully developed. In addition, the comparison of design-build and design-bid-build project delivery methods and how that comparison affects project selection has not been investigated. The objective of this research is to: a) evaluate and refine SCDOT’s project selection process that determines if design-build is the most appropriate method for delivery of a project; b) identify the most effective design-build tools/processes/best practices along with how and when they are incorporated into the design-build procurement process; c) identify and develop an effective cost estimating process for design-build; and d) develop a measuring process for SCDOT to evaluate the effectiveness of design-build projects upon completion.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $300,000
• Sponsor Organizations:

  South Carolina Department of Transportation

  955 Park Street
  P.O. Box 191
  Columbia, SC  United States  29202-0191

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Swygert, Terry

• Performing Organizations:

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30322
• Principal Investigators:

  Ashuri, B

• Start Date: 20220223
• Expected Completion Date: 20240822
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost estimating; Design bid build; Design build; Project delivery
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01776267
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: South Carolina Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 8 2021 12:33PM