"Construction costs are increasing and the contractors face the impact," said Fitch analyst Anubhav Arora. Contractors in fixed-price contracts are under pressure from escalating project costs, Fitch ...

In 2018, Tipton County, a community in north central Indiana, broke ground on one of the most significant building projects since 1895. Like many communities around the nation, the county needed to ...

Free resource responds to rapid growth as PDB now represents one-third of design-build procurements nationwide WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 3, 2026 ...

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) recently released “Progressive Design-Build Done Right: Progressive Design-Build Best Practices” primer. The document provides guidance for owners and ...

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 3, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has released its Progressive Design-Build Done Right ...

When describing the difference between construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) and progressive design-build (PDB), some authors posit that PDB is merely CM/GC in which the contractor holds the ...

New York City construction is unforgiving. Budgets are tight. Schedules are public. Approvals are layered. Once a project falls behind, recovering lost time and money becomes exponentially harder. In ...

The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) recently signed into law by President Donald Trump includes authorization of progressive design-build (PDB) for military construction. It is the ...

Earlier this year, the American Institute of Architects (“AIA”) released updated form contract documents for traditional design-build (“Traditional DB”) construction projects and introduced a new set ...