designbuild

Although the Design-Build model of construction contracting is considered a rather recent development, it is actually a more traditional way of doing things than the more commonly used Design-Bid-Build model. Design-Build was used for thousands of years until the second half of the Nineteenth Century, when Design-Bid-Build began to be the standard way of contracting for construction projects. The difference between the two models is that under Design-Bid-Build, the designer, architect or engineer is contracted independently of the builder. Under the Design-Build model, the architect is an employee or subcontractor of the firm that is contracted to build a project.