Design-Build & Owner Advisory Services

With nearly 40 accredited Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) professionals, Vanir is well-positioned to provide design-build and owner advisory services across all phases of the design-build contracting technique, delivering value to our owners and clients. These services include contract methodology decision-making, owner advisor consulting, contract structure advisement, RFQ/RFP development, GMP and preconstruction phase services, as well as field execution of DBIA best practices.

With extensive design-build project experience, Vanir is at the forefront of the accelerating markets of progressive design-build and owner advisor industry needs. Our industry involvement includes directly participating in a cohort that helped secure legislative and governmental authority to the Department of General Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as all cities and counties within California.

Our Design-Build and Owner Advisory Services

  • Vanir has extensive experience in supporting owners who are transitioning into new contracting methodologies. Often this means owners need to develop their contract language or edit current language to fit a new delivery method. Our professionals have experience in developing authorizing legislation and working directly with owner counsel to vet risk allocation and assuring industry best practices on captured in the contract language.

  • Early capital decision-making consultation

  • Staying within budget is essential to every project’s success, yet many large-scale construction programs and projects exceed their budget. For over 40 years, Vanir has provided cost estimating and management services that are unparalleled in accuracy and reliability.

    Starting at the earliest phase of a project, our experienced in-house cost professionals will provide:

    • Process to track and evaluate cost
    • Evaluation of proposed approach to preconstruction target value design and the software to utilize for historical cost documentation
    • GMP development recommendations and best practices
    • Project scope review
    • Definitive and realistic cost model/plan
    • Design phase estimating to help control scope creep
    • Lifecycle costs analysis
    • Value and risk analysis and recommendations
    • Procurement support
    • Post-contract cost management and final account settlement

    Our estimating team, including civil, architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical experts, has a deep understanding of current industry costs and proven estimating practices to develop early conceptual estimates into detailed quantity-based construction estimates.

  • Vanir is uniquely positioned to advise owners from our industry participation on the national DBIA Board and its committees. By contributing to the development of industry best practices, we gain deep insight into the why and how behind an owner advisory role.

    • Guiding principles
    • Procuring design-build services
    • Contracting design-build services
    • Executing design-build projects

  • The success of design-build is how the owner articulates the scope of the project. Vanir is positioned to be of great value to our clients through our expert Design Services group. Our team works closely with our clients to develop owner project requirements and project criteria that strike the right balance between performance-based and prescriptive requirements. Our deep understanding of the risks associated with poorly defined documents sets the project up for success. Our team can also provide and facilitate programming directly with end users and stakeholders to ensure scope and budget alignment.

    • Development of owner requirements
    • Criteria documents
    • Program/project management plans

  • RFQ/RFP, procurement, and advertising strategies

Additional services include:

  • Big room facilitation
  • Conducting pre-award conferences (mandatory or informational)
  • Interview, scoring and selection process
  • Partnering
  • Subconsultant decision point services
      • Hazardous surveys
      • Geotechnical
      • Commissioning
      • Testing and inspection
  • Traditional vs. progressive evaluation
      • Risk differences
      • Qualifications based vs. best value
  • Validation process

 

View Vanir’s portfolio of featured design-build projects

 

$12B+
Project Value

Over $12 billion total construction value from more than 160 design-build projects completed/in progress

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Contact

Vanir has several key individuals with industry-leading experience in delivering highly successful design-build projects and has helped several public owners successfully launch their first progressive design-build initiatives. Check out the Vanir portfolio for more information on our design-build projects.

Mike Meredith, Vice President and Director of Design-Build Programs and Services

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