Ultimately, the best value solution evolved into a progressive design-build delivery method.
GREENBRAE, CA—The Marin General Hospital replacement project originally started out using a traditional design-bid-build model, but later converted to progressive design-build/PDB after the team was challenged by the owner to customize a solution to the unique risks, constraints and value preferences. Ultimately, the best value solution evolved into one that personifies the positive characteristics of a progressive design-build delivery method and overcame the contractual challenges of changing the delivery method mid-stream. In this exclusive, Simon Gregson, vice president of healthcare for McCarthy Building Companies Inc.'s Northern Pacific region, recently shared some insights into the progressive design-build process, how it differs from traditional methods, the value of PDB to the healthcare industry and how it helped elevate the Marin General Hospital replacement project.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
