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Content: The Bridging Method
The
Bridging Method
of construction project delivery
The Bridging Method
The Bridging method is a proven construction project delivery method. Bridging is more effective in protecting the interests of the project owner than other methods. It places final design and construction responsibility on the contractor in a design-build form of contract. Unlike the typical design-build contract, however, the owner is fully protected from the outset with all aspects of the design and specifications that are important to the owner, yet the owner ends up having an agreement with the constractor to have a full design-build responsibility. The Owner’s Design Consultant (“Bridging Architect”) fully protects all aspects of the design and specifications which are important to the owner, while leaving proposing design-build contractors with the opportunity to use their skills and capabilities to provide the owner with the best total price and time of completion proposals. The construction price under a properly executed Bridging project is not only as reliable for the Owner as a price based on final Contract Documents under the traditional Design-Bid-Build method, it is more dependable because the Owner’s exposure to contractor-initiated change orders due to errors or omissions in the contract documents is dramatically reduced. All too often change orders cause significant increases in the final construction contract price. Bridging is worthy of consideration for any construction project as an efficient and effective method of project delivery., and will save time and money for the owner if properly carried out. Bridging usually saves 4-5% or more in the contract prices and provides the owner with a fixed construction price in about half the normal time and at half the normal design cost.