For Designers & Builders

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For Designers (Architects and Engineers)

Expand your services via "The 3PQ Acquisition & Management System"

FAR Compliant - Supports 1 or 2 Phase Procurement - Meets all 50 States Procurement Statutes - Includes all Course Materials

Architects and Engineers interested in adding Design-Build Criteria Consulting to their portfolio of services now have an educational resource. Learning The 3PQ Acquisition & Management System© gives your staff the proven tools, templates, and detailed knowledge to join this expanding service sector.

Sometimes called Criteria Developer, Performance Criteria Developer, or Criteria Consultant, this professional role has been identified by dozens of states in recent design-build and alternative project delivery legislation. The DOD and DOE both operate under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and 3PQ is fully compliant with all FAR requirements of project delivery.

Learn how to assist owners using The 3PQ Acquisition & Management System©

For Builders (Prime Contractors, Subcontractors & Suppliers)

Learn to use "Design Management for Builders"

Prime Contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers interested in managing the A&E Design Process now have an option

When leading the Design-Build process, many builders struggle with managing the Design Process. Long established as the domain of architects and engineers, the "design process" can be difficult or confusing for your Project Managers, Superintendents, and Subcontractors to manage. In the context of Design-Build Delivery, successfully managing the "design process" is an essential prerequisite to meet your owner's Project Expectations.

"Design Management for Builders" can teach your staff the fundamental tools and strategies of Design Management. Not a course to learn how to design (that's left to architects & engineers), rather how to manage the process of design in order for the builder to "team" with designers, contribute to the design outcome, and maintain control of the project's budget, scope, and schedule. "Design Management for Builders" address:

Learn more about this One-Day Course: Design Management for Builders

Historic Perspective	Management Topics
Leadership Obligations	Design Management vs. Construction Management
The Nature of Design : Nature of Construction	Concept: Activities vs. Products
Risk Allocation via the RFP	Cost Control via Design Portioning
Order of Precedent	The Decision-Making Process
One Problem : Many Solutions	Integrated Quality Control
Design Relative to Cost	Concept: Correct Language & New Convention
Traditional Design Sequence	Q&A

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