California has expanded the ability of its local agencies to use progressive design-build contracts for certain infrastructure projects in a bid to control costs and remain on schedule. Gov. Gavin ...

Legislators have gradually expanded local agencies’ authority to procure construction projects over the last couple of decades by using various alternatives to the design-bid-build delivery method, ...

In 2018, Tipton County, a community in north central Indiana, broke ground on one of the most significant building projects since 1895. Like many communities around the nation, the county needed to ...

"Construction costs are increasing and the contractors face the impact," said Fitch analyst Anubhav Arora. Rising construction costs may prompt more contractors to insist on progressive design-build ...

Having awakened on the morning of March 26 to the devastating news of the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after being struck by the Dali container ship, I thought of the many times I ...

During a special meeting on Dec. 3, school board directors voted 4-0, with Michael Rocha excused, to an approximate $5.2 million contract with Mahlum, an architecture firm from Seattle, for design ...

The transition to alternative delivery methods has created a new set of challenges for project owners, contractors and designers. Moving from the traditional design-bid-build model to a more ...

Alternative project delivery methods (APD) are coming of age among California public agencies. Progressive design-build (PDB) and construction manager at risk (CMAR) were hot topics at the Western ...

For the third straight year, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is pushing state lawmakers to loosen bidding rules for infrastructure projects in hopes of bringing down costs — a proposal that has ...