MAY 08
BREAKOUT SESSION #1
2:00 PM
Breakout Rooms
1.0 DBIA CEH
Our objective was straightforward and measurable: enable the City to meet its eight-minute fire and EMS response-time standard by delivering five new stations within a six-year program window. Equally important, the facilities were designed to support the long-term health, safety, and wellness of first responders, recognizing the critical role the built environment plays in performance, recovery, and retention.
This panel presentation offers an owner-centric, multi-disciplinary perspective on Design-Build delivery, informed by the direct experience of the team responsible for program success. The session will be moderated by a Design-Build delivery expert and will feature candid, firsthand insights from the Owner (City of Austin), Architect (PGAL), and Contractor (JE Dunn Construction), who partnered to deliver five consecutive fire stations using the Design-Build model.
Through a structured discussion and real-world case examples, the panel will examine best practices, challenges, and key lessons learned across the full project lifecycle. Topics will include procurement strategy, team formation and alignment, design development, construction execution, schedule certainty, stakeholder coordination, and post-occupancy performance, with a focus on outcomes that matter most to owners delivering high-impact public safety facilities.
Learning Objectives:
The audience will identify the City of Austin's process for procuring the project, and how this decision was developed with the goal of accomplishing the City's broader initiative to improve emergency fire response times with the goal of 8-minute response time for 90% of calls.
The audience will investigate how design and construction team structure continuity across 5 different fire station projects was utilized to ensure that critical safety criteria was implemented consistently across each project.
The audience will analyze the use of Target Value Delivery, Early Stakeholder engagement, and other collaboration tools to understand how they can be utilized to ensure that critical public safety criteria are met.
The audience will apply the lessons from the project case studies in order to develop a project execution plan, aligned with the Owner's Design Criteria Manual in a way that ensures that all critical safety and public welfare needs are met effectively.
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