DesignBuild Project Delivery

Removing Barriers between Design and Build

SAIC's DesignBuild name is symbolically significant, bringing the words "design" and "build" together as one to represent the seamless union of design and construction professionals who clearly understand each other's roles and work toward a common purpose.

Fully Integrated Multidisciplinary Staff

Eighty percent of the decisions that influence successful delivery of a project are made during design development. Our DesignBuild operation maintains co-located, full-time design and construction professionals who provide leadership for DesignBuild projects. Repetitively working in this collaborative environment builds relationships, eliminates barriers of inefficient information exchange, and creates a common language between architectural, engineering, estimating, procurement, construction, contracts, and other personnel. This results in time efficiencies, development of second and third tier understanding of project goals and objectives, and firmly establishes our DesignBuild culture.

Client Benefits help Define the DesignBuild Process

Our clients benefit from project challenges being identified and solved early in the project delivery process. On the critical path of every project you will find engineering and design, work we perform with in-house resources. Additionally, the engagement of our construction professionals in this process assures that cost and schedule is optimized. Together, this provides us the greatest opportunity to influence project success by lowering client risk profile and improving the project timeline. Working diligently to achieve timely and economic projects, SAIC DesignBuild delivers solutions, not just projects, to our clients.

Capabilities that Drive Success

SAIC understands the elements required for successful project delivery. We manage all facets of project delivery, from preconstruction services through startup and commissioning. Our expertise includes:

• Construction - SAIC's integrated DesignBuild team continues the execution of the pre-construction activities during the construction phase, thereby maintaining complete control over the project's critical path. Our design and construction professionals optimize overall project design, cost and schedule while maintaining high standards of quality and project safety.
• Pre-construction - Systematic engagement by in-house design and construction professionals from project start allows us to effectively control the project critical path at the earliest possible opportunity. SAIC's integrated pre-construction capabilities lead to cost and schedule optimization, and are critical to overall project success.
• Project close out, commissioning, and startup - In the delivery of high performing facilities, SAIC's integrated DesignBuild capabilities verify that all systems are installed properly, thoroughly tested, and prepared for operation as intended. Field verification and optimization of systems performance, executed in conjunction with customer's personnel, assures that our customers' facilities are operating efficiently. SAIC's fully integrated approach enables a fast and reliable project close out.