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Can self-performing GCs support design-build construction?
Self-performing GCs enhance design-build construction projects through early engagement and constructability expertise.
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Can self-performing GCs support design-build construction?
Lance Wafler, DPR’s field operations lead, explains how self-perform work teams can streamline the design process by providing early expertise to determine constructability of a project with partners.
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Can self-performing GCs support design-build construction?
Lance: Well, I think in the design-build process, we can bring in our builders, our in-house builders, to challenge the constructability of the design. And by doing that, we can provide a complete estimate, schedule certainty, and also efficiency. Efficiency in cost, and just the way the build, is going to transpire. And those benefits are then passed on to the owner.
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Posted on April 11, 2025
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