Design-Build Method Gains Ground in Louisiana

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The rebuilt $200-million Jackson Barracks will include 23 new buildings and 70 remodeled structures at the historic military site.

The project is also making history in another way: It is one of the largest projects ever design-built in New Orleans, meaning a single contractor designs and constructs a project, as opposed to an architect doing the design and then a separate contractor bidding on and constructing the project.

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Design-Build Method Gains Ground in Louisiana

Sixteen public design-build projects are now under way in Louisiana. Lawmakers passed legislation in 2006 authorizing state and local entities to use the design-build method to rebuild in storm-ravaged parishes thr...

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