Program

1. Demonstrate specific tactics to establish and maintain a collaborative delivery environment in a fixed price DB  model throughout the project life-cycle: from procurement through transition to operations.
2. Examine SRWA’s approach to establishing fixed price DB procurement documents that balanced performance and prescriptive requirements to incorporate Owner goals, encourage innovation and produce best value solutions.
3. Analyze strategies to incorporate Owner input into Design-Builder’s design concepts as part of a fixed price DB delivery model.
4. Describe best practices related to leveraging Owner’s Agent and Design-Builder resources to execute a large capital program with limited Owner staff

As agencies begin identifying shovel-worthy projects and find qualified teams to deliver them, it’s also important to note the important role diversity, equity and inclusion will play in IIJA’s implementation. The demand for Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MWDBE) team members will continue to grow as IIJA funding is distributed. Research shows design-build fosters increased and meaningful MWDBE engagement by involving firms earlier in the process and providing greater flexibility of partner selection. This diverse panel of design-build team members will talk about the real-world challenges and opportunities facing design-build teams working to build more inclusive teams.

1. Discover how to make 7 critical, strategic decisions to maximize the potential & success of your Design-Build Team.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of divisions & decision-makers on your Design-Build team.
3. Determine what owners should expect from high- impact, high-performing teams.
4. Launch Design-Build teams prepared & equipped to reach the triple bottom line & start a movement.

The success of wastewater projects is highly dependent on conceptual design optioneering and technology evaluation(s) from the outset of the project. Owners and their partners need to assess multiple options to address wastewater challenges, while reducing the risk of cost overruns and inconsistent outcomes.
Design-Build teams are leveraging an ever-growing list of technologies and virtual design & construction processes to design wastewater treatment plants. This includes software for process modelling, civil drawings, 3D renderings, and costing. There is an effort to bring all these technologies together into a streamlined workflow, which is a major aspect of digital transformation for many water utilities and their partners. By combining decisions and calculations from multiple engineering fields, firms can deliver indicative designs (including P&IDs, process schemes, and building information models with 3D views) to better assess the risks for each option. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in design processes allows owners, EPCs, and OEMs to streamline the evaluation of different options based on owner requirements.
To demonstrate this new streamlined workflow and application of AI, we’ll walk through a real-world example of how the Trinity River Authority (TRA) in Texas is facing increasing uncertainty and extreme weather events due to climate change. To better address this challenge, TRA increased the required number of alternatives assessed in their Master Plan update from three to thirty options – while still meeting project deadlines and budget requirements.

1. How to use progressive design-build to optimize capital spending
2. How to use progressive design-build to drive schedule
3. How multiple construction packages can be permitted separately and help the project schedule
4. Managing ongoing escalation and supply chain challenges