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Letter From the Chair

Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Integrated Architect, the quarterly online journal of the AIA Design-Build (DB) Knowledge Community. We are excited about our latest efforts to improve communication and become a more effective forum for discussing issues pertaining to learning and the built environment.

We welcome your response and content contributions. Please consider submitting material to our editorial committee for possible inclusion in our next issue, which will highlight our presentations to local and state AIA chapters regarding designer-led design-build services and what’s happening with local AIA design-build committees. If you are involved in such a committee, let us know!

This newsletter will be distributed quarterly to the nearly 12,000 members of the AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community members. To generate dialogue within the architectural design-build community and provide added value to the Design-Build Knowledge Community, future issues of The Integrated Architect will include articles, case studies, and design-build firm profiles written by the Design-Build Advisory Group as well as submittals from the AIA membership. Please send submittals to us at Integrated-Architect@aia.org. Deadlines for submittal will be the first day of the month preceding distribution (March, June, September, and December).

We look forward to hearing from you and hope you find The Integrated Architect to be informative and helpful.

Regards,
Dorwin A.J. Thomas, AIA, MRAIC, DBIA


Now Available: The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services

Written with architects in mind, this invaluable resource for architects, contractors, and attorneys involved in designer-led design-build is the first publication of its kind. Harold Adams, FAIA, chairman of RTKL Associates, begins the book with an excellent foreword, suggesting that design-build can in fact prove the skeptics wrong as a viable and sometimes preferred project delivery method. Design-build projects can and do “ensure quality, creative intent and fiscal accountability,” he says. A variety of chapters written by architects and others familiar with the design-build project delivery method provide ready knowledge and insight to those interested in providing design-build services.

Design-build has been with us since the pyramids in Egypt, yet few of us know the truth regarding the history of this delivery method. Borrowing from the manufacturing industry and principles of teaming, The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services shows how a new approach to design and construction is rapidly changing the way architects and contractors work together regarding the built environment.

The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services was developed by the AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community; was co-edited by G. William Quatman II, Esq., FAIA, DBIA, and Randy Dhar, FRAIC; and includes contributions from more than 30 leaders in design-build project delivery from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Chapters include the following:

• An Introduction to Design-Build
• The Architect as Contractor
• The RFP and Selection Process
• Design-Build Contracts
• Insurance and Bonding for Design-Build
• Teaming on Design-Build Projects
• Design-Build for Government Projects
• Finance and Real Estate Development
• Licensing Laws for Architects and Contractors
• International Design-Build
• Design-Build Education.

Get your copy of The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services today. The book was first made available in San Diego at the AIA 2003 National Convention and Expo and sold 600 copies in just two days! To purchase copies from the AIA Store, call 800-242-3837, option 4, or contact AIA National at 202-626-7475.

Ask The Integrated Architect

To communicate and share knowledge more freely, we are providing a forum for members to ask questions of experts in design-build, and we'll publish the answers in the next issue of The Integrated Architect.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please send questions to: Integrated-Architect@aia.org.


Our Vision

The Design-Build Knowledge Community promotes the importance of architects as leaders in delivering design-build services in the following ways:

• Sharing of knowledge regarding design-build and integration of such knowledge into practice
• Promoting a culture for the exchange of information regarding design-build and other project delivery methods 
• Creating worthwhile relationships with other architects and those outside the profession 
• Being a resource for colleges and academia
• Seeking to understand the views of those both within and external to the profession 
• Recognizing AIA National as a resource for information.

The Design-Build Knowledge Community supports the sharing of knowledge with AIA members, allied professions, academia, and owners regarding the design-build project delivery method.


Subcommittee Chairs Needed

The Design-Build Knowledge Committee is looking for qualified persons to chair the following subcommittees: legislation, membership, programs, insurance/bonding, and design-build education. The only prerequisite is that the candidate have an interest in design-build. Among the AIA's 21 knowledge communities, ours is one of the most popular, and we have many goals for 2005. Send your request to: Integrated-Architect@aia.org.

(from left) Ben Wilking, Dorwin A.J. Thomas, G. William Quatman II, Martin Sell, William Carpenter

Meet the 2004 Design-Build Advisory Group

Dorwin A.J. Thomas, AIA, MRAIC, DBIA
2004 Chair
Dorwin Thomas is an International Registered Architect and a Designated Design-Build Professional. He serves as the chairman of the AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community Advisory Group; chairman of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) National Designation Program Board, and member of the DBIA Expert Teaching Faculty. Dorwin Thomas Architects, based in Boston, designed the award-winning architect-led design-build project “Topnotch at Stowe,” a five-star resort in Stowe, Vt. Dorwin is also a past president of the Massachusetts Building Congress.

Ben Wilking, AIA, DBIA
2004 Vice Chair
Ben Wilking is a senior associate and senior project manager with Lantz-Boggio Architects in Englewood, Colo., where he heads the firm's design-build program. He is a Designated Design-Build Professional and has served on the AIA/AGC/ACEC Liaison Committee, which encourages improved relationships between design and construction professionals during the design, documentation, and construction phases of projects. Wilking is a co-author of the The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services and has spoken on design-build project delivery at several conventions and conferences. He is a past president of AIA Denver and serves as vice chair of the AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community Advisory Group.

G. William Quatman II, Esq., FAIA, DBIA
Legal Advisor
Bill Quatman is a partner of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, a Designated Design-Build Professional, and an attorney experienced in arbitration, litigation, and mediation of construction disputes. He is a past president of AIA/Missouri, teaches at the University of Kansas School of Architecture, and serves as legal advisor to the AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community Advisory Group. Quatman is the co-editor of the The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services and author of Design-Build for the Design Professional.

Martin Sell, AIA, MBA
Advisor
Marty Sell is a partner and chief operating officer of the Horizon Development Group in Madison, Wis. He is a faculty member in the architecture/construction program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and has managed and owned architecture firms as well as construction management and design-build companies. Marty is a co-author of the The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services and has been a speaker on design-build project delivery at AIA national conventions and Build Boston. He is an advisor of the AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community Advisory Group as well as a member of the AIA Wisconsin Executive Committee.

William Carpenter, FAIA, PhD
Advisor
Bill Carpenter has been an AIA member for more than 15 years and has worked both in traditional architecture firms and as a real estate developer. Carpenter cofounded Carpenter Architects, a successful design firm in Decatur, Ga., that specializes in award-winning architecture and new media for commercial and residential clients. Carpenter received the national ACSA/AIAS Educator of the Year Award in 2000 as well as numerous local, regional, and national awards. He is also author of an important and well-regarded book on the subject—Learning by Building: Design and Construction in Architectural Education. In addition to his registration as an architect in Georgia and Florida as well as NCARB certification, Carpenter also is registered as an Interior Designer in Georgia. 

Randy Dhar, Assoc. AIA, FRAIC
Emeritus Member
Randy Dhar is a senior project manager with Public Works and Government Services Canada in Toronto and for many years has served in leadership roles in the design-build industry in the United States and Canada. He was past chair (2001 and 2002) of the AIA Design-Build Knowledge Community. As a co-editor and author, Dhar was influential in the publication of The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services. He is a founder and current chairman of the Canadian Design-Build Institute (CDBI) and a director of the Canadian Construction Association, which represents the largest industry in Canada. Dhar has organized, chaired, and presented at numerous design-build conferences for the AIA, CDBI, and DBIA as well as at several AIA national conventions. As 2001 president of the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), Dhar represented the OAA on the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture Council. In addition, he is a member of the AIA Architecture for Justice Advisory Group, served as the lead chair of the AIA’s Third International Conference on Courthouse Design in Toronto, and was an organizer for the Fourth International Conference in Phoenix. Dhar's career includes a wide range of professional experience in the private and public sectors, including university teaching in the United States, Canada, Asia, and India. He has been featured in design and construction journals, dailies by CMD, and frequently contributes and reviews in architectural publications.

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Design Build Related Links and Resources

Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
Design-Build Magazine
Canadian Design-Build Institute