RFQs, issued Feb. 4, will short-list vendors for projects to replace Manhattan's ubiquitous jail with four $1-billion facilities — and potentially reshape the city's corrections philosophy.
The New York governor signed into law Dec. 30 a bill approved by state legislators last summer allowing the use of design-build for a handful of New York City departments.
Richmond, CA-based Alten Construction recently broke ground on the new $13.3 million Bill and Adele Jonas Center on the College of Marin - Indian Valley Campus in the Northern California city of Novato.
Communication skills and emotional intelligence are critical not only to successful design-build delivery projects but also to attraction and retention of new talent in the A/E/C industry.
The evolution of design-build for transportation projects in the U.S. has had ups and downs, with many agencies pushing for “progressive” design-build and a few states—and contractors—still resistant to the basic idea.
