ABSTRACT
Modern design-build procurement is a development of the 'package deal' approach, used for a wider range of building types. A key issue in design-build procurement is the extent to which the design-build contractor's responsibility is limited to its own design input, or whether it takes responsibility for the whole design, including any design information supplied to it at tender stage. Frequently, in design-build procurement the client will require the contractor to take on some or all of its consultants at the time of entering into the design-build contract. A further variant of design-build procurement involves the contractor not only designing and constructing, but also operating the facility for an agreed period of time, termed 'design-build-operate'. In contrast to the single point responsibility of design-build procurement, the management route involves the disaggregation of the contractual strategy into multiple contracts, and requires the client to be closely involved in the tendering and integration of each of the constituent parts.
