Workshop C: Building the Right Team Early: Strategies for Strong Design-Build Partnerships
- Developing a proactive pre-RFP teaming approach to identify the right design partners, consultants, and trade partners based on capability, culture, and collaboration style
- Strengthening communication and soft-skill practices to build trust, reduce friction, and align expectations across disciplines early in the pursuit
- Establishing clear frameworks for early risk and scope discussions that support transparency, shared problem-solving, and a unified pursuit strategy
- Using digital collaboration tools and preconstruction workflows to streamline coordination of design concepts, cost models, and scope development among early partners