Ten States Delivered More than Half of Buildings via Design-Build Last Year

Washington, D.C. – The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) – the only organization that defines, teaches and promotes best practices in design-build – today detailed the results of an updated study on how and where design-build is being utilized in the United States. RSMeans Analytics, a part of The Gordian Group, utilizing project data and specification database partner Construction Market Data, conducted a study to analyze the growing use of design-build and update ongoing research with the latest data findings. The newly released study indicates growth in the use of design-build in several states and the continued leadership of the Pacific region among states with the most dollars being spent on non-residential design-build projects.

"Design-build's growth in certain states is not surprising," said Lisa Washington, CAE, CEO/Executive Director of DBIA. "Most of the ten states that used design-build to deliver over half of their non-residential building projects are states where we've worked hard to train owners and practitioners in DBIA Best Practices, and/or states where we've been able to work with regions and legislators to pass legislation favorable to Design-Build Done Right™."

The RSMeans research showed the overall market share of design-build remained steady at about 40 percent. Over the past decade, use of design-build nationwide has grown by ten percentage points, while use of design-bid-build has fallen by the same.

Percentage of Non-Residential BuildingsProject Delivery Method Market Share 




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