Research on Completed Progressive Design-Build Projects - Deadline extended to Sept 19!

A Guide to Equitable Risk Allocation in Design-Build Projects

Design-build is reshaping the design and construction industry, with nearly half of all non-residential projects now delivered through this method—your perspective is essential to guiding its evolution.  By sharing your experience in this short questionnaire, you’ll help improve progressive design-build practices and ensure that design excellence and equitable risk allocation remains central to this rapidly growing delivery model.

The Charles Pankow Foundation, the ACEC Research Institute, the Design-Build Institute of America, and the University of Colorado Boulder are conducting research to evaluate how variations of Progressive Design-Build (PDB) address risks and challenges for design/construction teams. Your feedback will help shape best practices in design-build project delivery.

• You are invited to contribute to recently completed progressive design-build projects through the questionnaire link below.

• We are seeking completed projects so that we can compare project performance.

• All answers will be kept confidential and will only be reported in aggregate.

• For your participation, we will share the results of this study prior to publication for the public.

Questionnaire Details:

·       Access Questionnaire Here: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eOGdVSOyQKq372C

• Due date: September 19, 2025, 11:59 PM Mountain Time

• Requesting Up to 5 Recently Completed Projects: This questionnaire link can be forwarded to others in your organization who are responsible for the projects your organization will submit.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Keith Molenaar (keith.molenaar@colorado.edu) or Amelia Celoza (amelia.celoza@colorado.edu).