Welcome to the Design-Build Selector (DBS). DBS is a tool intended to aid public sector owners in choosing projects which are appropriate for design-build contracting. DBS has been constructed with data from over 100 completed public sector design-build projects. DBS is a predictive tool and advisory system. It will produce an overall rating for the appropriateness of projects for design-build. Additionally, it offers advice on the design-build method of contracting in the public sector.
The DBS computer interface is divided into four screens as shown in the figure below:
The first two portions of the tool require information about the project and information about the criteria by which the project's success will be judged. DBS can be used to compare projects as to their appropriateness for design-build of it may be used to improve a single project's potential for success.
DBS should only be used as one tool for contract selection. The predictive score and advice should only be used to aid in design-build selection, not as the sole reason for choosing the design-build contracting method. The DBS output is only a prediction based on past projects. Each construction project is unique and your results may vary.
This section can be used to retrieve output from previously analyzed projects. Keep in mind that DBS only saves projects for 500 days before they are automatically deleted.