Title : 
Strategies for Design-Build Process Optimization
         
        
            Author : 
Su Yi ; Chen Jianguo
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Constr. Manage. & Real Estate, Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The design-build contract style has large growth in construction industry. There are several advantages and disadvantages ascribed to the design-build contract. Many new process strategies are proposed to address many of the contract´s shortcomings. In particular, the strategies facilitate concurrent project development in the design-build process through the integration of all project participants into a multi-functional matrix team.
         
        
            Keywords : 
construction industry; contracts; design engineering; project management; construction industry; design-build contract style; design-build process optimization; multifunctional matrix team; process strategies; project development; Buildings; Concurrent engineering; Optimization; Planning; Sensitivity; Teamwork;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2011 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Wuhan
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6579-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICMSS.2011.5998225