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Good, fast and/or cheap

You are an owner with several projects already completed with the same contractor, including a single-story pediatric dentistry practice, a four-story public health dentistry center, and two-stories of oral & maxillofacial surgery suites. You seek to construct a new periodontal clinic building. You wish to build it good (quality), and cheap (minimal expense).

Which of the following delivery methods is most suitable for you as an owner?

A. fast-track
B. design-build
C. bridging
D. multiple-prime
E. design-bid-build




B. (correct) design-build is more likely to be good and cheap, but not necessarily fast.
A fast-track (A) speed that's good does not come cheap(ly). If you had no continuing A/E/C relationships, (C) might benefit you. (D) is used for a more complex, usually public agency project. (E) the most traditional form, may be good, not fast, and not necessarily cheapest.

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