Design-Build - An Introduction

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This 2 hour interactive online course will review the most critical aspects of the design-build process, starting with why the process is being used by owners and concluding with some of the most common challenges of the system. The specific topics to be covered are:

1. An Historical Perspective of Design-Build
2. What Causes Owners to Consider Design-Build?
3. Potential Drawbacks and Challenges to Design-Build
4. Why is Design-Build Growing So Rapidly?
5. Procurement of a Design-Builder
6. Organizational Form of the Design-Builder
7. Design-Build Payment and Contracting Methodologies
8. Standard Form Design-Build Contracts
9. Design-Build Contracting Issues
10. Design-Build Liability Concerns
11. Surety Bonds and Third Party Guarantees
12. Professional Liability Insurance
13. Licensing

Even though this is an introductory course, the text for each of these subjects is comprehensive and will provide even those experienced in design-build with an excellent perspective of the process.

The author of this course, Michael C. Loulakis, is an attorney in a construction law firm where he represents domestic and international clients on construction-related matters. He has extensive experience on international design-build and EPC projects, particularly in the power generation and telecommunications sectors.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end.

Objectives SME

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you will:

Have gained an appreciation of the design-build process and how it differs from other delivery systems.
Be familiar with all of the key issues associated with design-build, including procurement, contracting and liability.
Understanding the benefits of owners considering using design-build.
Describe why the design-build is growing so rapidly.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Michael Loulakis, Esq., DBIA

Michael C. Loulakis is a senior shareholder in the construction law firm of Wickwire Gavin, P.C. where he represents domestic and international clients on construction-related matters. His extensive and diverse background in the design-build process allows him to provide comprehensive legal representation to clients on design-build projects around the world, including advising owners on project delivery systems, contract drafting, claims administration, and dispute resolution. Mr. Loulakis has extensive experience on international design-build and EPC projects, particularly in the power generation and telecommunications sectors. He has been lead counsel on projects in Pakistan, India, Guatemala, Mexico, as well as Europe, the Middle East, Nigeria and South Africa.

Mr. Loulakis' background in the design-build process has also allowed him to represent clients on design-build projects around the world and in the power, telecommunications, health care, public facility, and transportation sectors of the construction industry. His role on these projects ranges from advising owners about project delivery systems to contract drafting, claims administration, and dispute resolution. Mr. Loulakis also provides strategic planning advice to contractors and design professionals who are interested in participating in the design-build contracting arena.

He is a national speaker on design-build and the author of numerous publications, including a highly acclaimed interactive CD-ROM program entitled Construction Project Delivery Systems: Evaluating the Owner's Alternatives. A member of the DBIA's Board of Directors and former Chairman of DBIA's Manual of Practice Subcommittee, Mr. Loulakis had principal responsibility for drafting DBIA's Design-Build Contracting Guide and its family of contract documents. He graduated with honors from Tufts University with a degree in civil engineering and received a Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law.