Design Management in Design-Build Megaprojects: SR 99 Bored Tunnel Case Study
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 19, Issue 1
Abstract
The increasing use of the design-build project delivery method has resulted in it now being one of the most popular nontraditional methods for delivering road, bridge, mass transit, and rail projects in the United States. However, although the use of design-build is widespread, there remains a substantial lack of information about how to effectively plan and implement design management procedures for design-build transportation projects. In particular, transportation agencies lack information about how to shape appropriate design management roles for various contractual parties and to manage design activities for design-build megaprojects. To fill this gap, this paper presents a case study of the SR 99 Bored Tunnel project in Seattle, Washington. It provides detailed information on how the owner, the Washington State DOT (WSDOT), incorporated design management procedures into its requirements and how the design-builder, Seattle Tunnel Partners, implemented them within its project management processes.
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Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 19 • Issue 1 • February 2014
Pages: 148 - 158
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© 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 12, 2012
Accepted: Jun 20, 2013
Published online: Jun 21, 2013
Published in print: Feb 1, 2014
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