Balfour Beatty Construction

Design-Bid-Build

In Design-Bid-Build, the owner contracts with a designer to complete the design documents, and then solicits bids from construction contractors to perform the work.

As the contractor in a Design-Bid-Build delivery system, Balfour Beatty Construction subcontracts most of the construction scope to specialty contractor partners.


Key Success Factors:

A Design-Bid-Build project will be most successful if

  • The project team demonstrates excellent communication skills
  • You can pre-qualify the project team
  • Subcontractors have high levels of experience with the type of facility being built
  • The contractor pool can be restrained
  • The general contractor has a high level of experience with the type of facility being built
Design-Bid-Build