Design-build is growing in popularity with public owners. But it presents challenges and potential pitfalls for the unwary. In my recent article for the Daily Journal of Commerce, I address some of those challenges and pitfalls and offer considerations that go into a successful design-build project.  Read the full article here.

“An Introduction to Design-Build for Public Project Delivery was originally published on May 20, 2015 by the Daily Journal of Commerce.

 

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Karl Oles, a partner of the firm practicing in the Construction and Design group, has for more than 30 years helped owners, architects, engineers, and contractors solve complex legal problems through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and trial. Karl has also drafted, negotiated, and…

Karl Oles, a partner of the firm practicing in the Construction and Design group, has for more than 30 years helped owners, architects, engineers, and contractors solve complex legal problems through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and trial. Karl has also drafted, negotiated, and analyzed multimillion-dollar design and construction contracts on a wide variety of construction projects. He has served as an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association’s construction panel. He is coauthor of the current standard treatise on Washington lien law (available for free by following this link). He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation-Construction from 2013 to the present.

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