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Al-Bayati, A J, Abudayyeh, O, Fredericks, T and Butt, S E (2017) Reducing Fatality Rates of the Hispanic Workforce in the U.S. Construction Industry: Challenges and Strategies. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Awolusi, I G and Marks, E D (2017) Safety Activity Analysis Framework to Evaluate Safety Performance in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Babar, S, Thaheem, M J and Ayub, B (2017) Estimated Cost at Completion: Integrating Risk into Earned Value Management. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Kam, C, Song, M H and Senaratna, D (2017) {[}VDC Scorecard{]}: Formulation, Application, and Validation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Kisi, K P, Mani, N, Rojas, E M and Foster, E T (2017) Optimal Productivity in Labor-Intensive Construction Operations: Pilot Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Li, Y, Wang, X and Wang, Y (2017) Using Bargaining Game Theory for Risk Allocation of Public-Private Partnership Projects: Insights from Different Alternating Offer Sequences of Participants. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Louis, J and Dunston, P S (2017) Methodology for Real-Time Monitoring of Construction Operations Using Finite State Machines and Discrete-Event Operation Models. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Niu, Y, Lu, W, Liu, D, Chen, K, Anumba, C and Huang, G G (2017) An SCO-Enabled Logistics and Supply Chain–Management System in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Shrestha, P P and Fernane, J D (2017) Performance of Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Projects for Public Universities. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Design-build; Design-bid-build; Cost growth; Schedule growth; Unit cost; Change-order growth; Public projects; Contracting;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001241
  • Abstract:
    In an economy with an unsure market and scarce work for construction projects, public owners across the United States, especially universities, are using alternative project delivery methods to complete their projects within cost and schedule. As an alternate delivery method to design-bid-build (DBB), public universities across the United States are beginning to use design-build (DB) to construct their facilities. In order to analyze and compare DB and DBB projects, this study used 77 building projects built by planning and construction divisions of United States public universities. Statistical tests were conducted to determine if metrics related to cost, schedule, and change orders were significantly different from each other in these two types of projects. Results showed that DB projects significantly outperformed DBB projects in terms of schedule saving. The study also found that the number of construction change orders was significantly lower in DB projects than in DBB projects. The primary contribution of this paper is to provide information to the public that the DB method has potential to reduce schedule and construction change orders when constructing public university buildings.

Yoon, Y, Patel, S, Ji, R and Hastak, M (2017) Current State of Reflective Cracking in the United States. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).