DESIGN BUILD IS A PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEM WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE CONTRACT WITH A SINGLE POINT OF RESPONSIBILITY. THE DESIGNER AND CONTRACTOR WORK TOGETHER FROM THE BEGINNING, AS A TEAM, PROVIDING UNIFIED PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE THE OWNER'S SCHEDULE AND BUDGET. ANY CHANGES ARE ADDRESSED BY THE ENTIRE TEAM, LEADING TO A COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING AND INNOVATION, NOT EXCUSES OR BLAME-SHIFTING. WHILE SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACTING IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DESIGN BUILD AND THE OLD WAYS, EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE CULTURE OF COLLABORATION INHERENT IN DESIGN BUILD. 

DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTS SAVE TIME AND MONEY AND CAN PREVENT SITUATIONS WHERE AN OWNER MAY BE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN A CONTRACTOR AND A DESIGNER. WITH THIS KIND OF CONTRACT, THE DESIGNER AND THE CONTRACT, THE DESIGNER AND THE CONTRACTOR WORK TOGETHER FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT AS A TEAM.

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