1. The Owner’s Perspective
Design-Build Process from All Sides
The Owner’s Perspective
Joel Swift, Architect, AIA, LEED AP Manager, Facilities Design and Construction UC Davis Health System
County of Placer (‘92-’98,’07-’13)
UC Davis Architects & Engineers (‘98-’07)
UC Davis Health System (‘13-present)

2. The Owner’s Perspective
Design-Build Process from All Sides
The Owner’s Perspective
South Placer Adult Correctional Facility

3. The Owner’s Perspective
Design-Build Process from All Sides
The Owner’s Perspective

4. The Owner’s Perspective
Design-Build Process from All Sides
The Owner’s Perspective
Multiple delivery methods: Design-Bid- Build, CM advisor, CM at Risk, Design Build, Job Order Contracting, Lease/Lease buyback, in house workforce, volunteers…
Opportunity to work on teams that drafted master documents for both the UC and counties
D/B is a major topic in both subsectors – different agencies are at different levels
UCD Health System – assess best delivery method for project

5. What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
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What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
(Actually, more than a bid, a Best Value Proposal)

6. What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
(Actually, more than a bid, a Best Value Proposal)
Start early
Understand your project
Communicate
Build a team

7. What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
You can have all the components of a winning team
All the preparation, game plan
Might even have a hall of fame quarterback like John Elway
But you still have to keep the band off of the field.
Manage the Process
Prepoposal – listen to the community
Proposal -secure meetings, feedback loop
Award – communicate award criteria.
Manage your team

8. What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?
Technically more than a bid – Best Value, complex assessment
Start early, understand your contract
Mechanics of bid/award criteria/stipends
Right sizing the documents to the project
Define project and team
Build a team CM AE
Contracts/legal/RM/labor compliance/sustainability
Make it part of your culture (San Diego County , UCI)
Communicate your intentions
Internal to owner, cultivate and maintain buyin
FDC, POM, IT, Risk, Sustainability Officer
All levels of organization, financial,CEO, elected officials
Manage expectations
Master architect/CM/criteria team
How many times has project changed to D/B midstream?
D/B community
Listen
Manage the Process
Prepoposal – listen to the community
Proposal -secure meetings, feedback loop
Award – communicate award criteria.
Provide and Maintain Vision

9. Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
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Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?

10. Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
The Short Answer: Both

11. Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
The Long Answer:
What is right for the project?
Gauge the best documents for the specific parts of the project scope
Start with as much Performance criteria as possible
Prescriptive where necessary to maintain project vision

12. Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
Related topic: How far do you take the proposal documents?
From criteria to bridging documents
How far is too far?

13. Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
How clear are your program documents?

14. Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?
How far is too far?

15. Design-Build Process from All Sides
Can I Make Changes?

16. Design-Build Process from All Sides
Can I Make Changes?
Of course, I am the owner

17. Design-Build Process from All Sides
Can I Make Changes?
But perhaps the real question should be:
How dearly do I want to pay for it?

18. Design-Build Process from All Sides

19. Design-Build Process from All Sides
Can I Make Changes?
Change Management
Post Award – Owner v Contractor changes
Post Award – Timing of owner’s changes
Post design - degree of owner involvement

20. What is most important? Cost or Final Product?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
What is most important? Cost or Final Product?

21. What is most important? Cost or Final Product?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
What is most important? Cost or Final Product?
Short Answer: Yes

22. What is most important? Cost or Final Product?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
What is most important? Cost or Final Product?
Long Answer: It’s really about Cost, Scope and Schedule

23. What is most important? Cost or Final Product?
Design-Build Process from All Sides
What is most important? Cost or Final Product?
Scope, Budget and Time

24. Design-Build Process from All Sides
My time is up
Thank you