The Power of Design-Build

CHAPTER 9

A Full Scale SAFEDB-Methodology Application Example

Preface

This chapter provides a practical application example of the SAFEDB-methodology on a hypothetical Ground Water Reservoir project. The example progresses in a logical step-by-step manner providing the reader with a real-world insight into how to apply the methodology, how design–build solutions are being developed in reality, and how design–build professionals think and take decisions. The embraced example represents one of many design–build situations encountered in the field of civil engineering. It is not meant to be inclusive of all design–build challenges and situations. The focus here is on the way of thinking and the factors surrounding the design–build decision-making ...