Expedited Third-Party Plan Review and Inspection Processes to Permit Major Commercial Design-Build Projects

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Category: County Administration and Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2017

This paper compares the relative cost, schedule and quality of traditional approaches used to develop and deliver large-scale commercial projects, including design–bid–build project delivery, in-house plan review and in-house inspection, to alternative approaches including integrated design–build project delivery, third-party plan review, third-party inspection and partial permitting linked to each project development component and construction stage. These innovative approaches work synergistically to significantly reduce project duration and cost when tempered with an objective quality assurance/quality control program and continuous communication and coordination among project stakeholders.