A Design/Build delivery by T.N. Ward Company provides our clients with a single source of responsibility in which the design team and construction team are one entity working together to produce a creative solution including early budget analysis, value engineering studies and shorter overall design/construction time.

Pros

• Design/builder is single source of responsibility
• Opportunity for the owner to influence the design and cost at an early stage
• Owner benefits from costs savings
• Design team working together with builder can provide most creative solution to the problem
• Takes less time from inception of project through completion since bidding phase is reduced and major design revisions are made early rather than later
• Designer and builder are on same team eliminating adversarial relationships
• "Fast track" construction is facilitated
• Allows for early and frequent input by contractor regarding budget
• Can identify long lead items early to avoid scheduling delays
• Expertise of builder in selecting subcontractors to partner with helps to achieve superior performance and quality

Cons

• Does not guarantee lowest cost based upon a given set of documents
• Design/builder not an agent of the owner
• Legal documents new and changing
• Process not well understood by owner, architects and subcontractors